Arne Slot has said Trent Alexander-Arnold remains \"fully committed\" to Liverpool despite the registered interest from Real Madrid.
Alexander-Arnold is on an expiring contract and believed to be Real Madrid\'s top defensive target. Madrid would prefer to wait until next summer to sign Alexander-Arnold on a free transfer, but approached Liverpool on a potential move during the January window.
\"If it would destabilise players at Liverpool if other people talk about them, then we would really have a problem because if you play at one of the biggest clubs in the world, everyone for 12 months long is talking about you, sometimes in relation to other clubs,\" Slot said.
\"That happens so many times for our players that if that destabilizes them, then we really would have had a problem not only now, but also in the past six months, because I think there were some talks about our players in the past six months and I don\'t think that destabilized them at all.\"
Slot confirmed he has spoken to Alexander-Arnold since the news of Madrid\'s approach broke but remained tight-lipped when asked to give details of the exchange.
\"I speak to every player once in a while,\" he said. \"For Trent that is the same, so yes, I spoke to him. These conversations I have never shared. It was a conversation as many others we had, me and Trent. Let\'s leave it at that.\"
Via Beth Lindop/ESPN