Real Madrid Are Ready To Move In For This Liverpool Full-Back: Good Option For Los Blancos?

Real Madrid are ready to move in for Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold as they look to bolster their defence next year.

In a recent report, Fichajes claimed that Real Madrid are ready to move in for Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold.

It has been stated that Los Blancos are hoping to sign the English talent from the Reds next year.

Alexander-Arnold’s Good Run Of Form In The Premier League

Alexander-Arnold is having another impressive campaign at Anfield as he has managed to put in a run of influential displays on the right side of Jurgen Klopp’s defence.

The England international has picked up three assists in 14 matches for Liverpool this season on all fronts.

The 25-year-old has been a positive influence in both halves based on his average of 1.2 tackles, 0.9 interceptions, 1.6 clearances, 1.4 shots, 1.9 key passes and 0.9 dribbles per 90 minutes in the Premier League.

He has even been accurate when distributing possession from the right flank as evidenced by his pass completion rate of 81% in league football (stats via whoscored).

His current contract at the Merseyside club will expire in the summer of 2025.

Thus, Los Blancos could potentially land him on a cut-price deal next summer if they can convince Liverpool to part ways with their prized asset.

Is Alexander-Arnold A Good Option For Liverpool?

Alexander-Arnold is a good tackler of the ball and can read the danger well to earn the ball back for his team inside his half.

He usually puts his foot through the ball when the opposition are on the front foot but is prone to making defensive errors at the back.

The English sensation has got the vision to create a few decent chances for his teammates in the final third. He can even strike the ball with power from long-range and is a good dribbler with the ball as well.

Alexander-Arnold would no doubt enhance the quality of Real Madrid‘s first team.

He might even help Los Blancos challenge for a lot of major honours over the next few years.

At 25, he is about to enter his prime which makes him a great option for the Madrid giants to pursue at the end of this campaign.

However, it won’t be easy for Real Madrid to get a deal done for Alexander-Arnold as he is a homegrown talent and might be reluctant to leave his boyhood club next summer.

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Brighton has rightly earned a lot of plaudits over the past weeks and months. Its form under Roberto de Zerbi has finally stuttered a little recently, with the Seagulls having to balance European football for the first time, but the rise of the south coast side has been meteoric.

Much of the credit has focused on Brighton’s transfer work. In an interview with ESPN, former FSG numbers guru Dr Ian Graham joined the chorus, saying that only Liverpool, Brighton and Brentford were making proper use of data in an integrated recruitment approach.

In truth, it does not take a transfer expert to see that. Brighton has enjoyed hit after hit in the market, making huge money on the likes of Moisés Caicedo, Marc Cucurella and Ben White and seemingly always having a ready-made replacement in the works.

This has even led some to call for FSG to effectively copy Brighton’s model.

But while there are undoubtedly some lessons that Liverpool could learn, this is ultimately misguided.

As Graham points out, it’s really Brighton and Brentford who have followed Liverpool’s lead.

That’s not to say De Zerbi’s side haven’t managed to fine-tune the ‘Moneyball’ model in certain areas, but the guiding transfer principles are already held in common.

Crucially, where there are differences in the transfer policy, it’s often a case of necessary variation based on the standing of the respective clubs. Frankly, it should not be surprising to learn that Liverpool and Brighton cannot operate in the exact same way.

For a case in point, it’s worth detouring slightly to Bournemouth, and specifically Dominic Solanke. He is thriving at the Vitality Stadium, following a $23m (£19m/€21m) move from Liverpool in 2019.

Solanke was a classic Moneyball addition at Anfield. Not a huge name, the Chelsea academy product clearly showed up well in the data — and market conditions were also favorable, with Liverpool able to pick him up for a relatively minimal tribunal fee.

But on the pitch, Solanke never quite made the grade under Jürgen Klopp. Now, still only 26, he’s increasingly looking like one who got away, with six Premier League goals already this season in a struggling Bournemouth side.