Arne Slot says Liverpool stay laser-focused on their Premier League title problem regardless of reviews Trent Alexander-Arnold is closing in on a transfer to Real Madrid. The England defender has lengthy been linked with a free switch to the Bernabeu and talks between the 26-year-old and the Spanish giants are understood to be making progress. Alexander-Arnold is one in every of three marquee gamers out of contract on the finish of the season, together with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk. All three have been capable of talk about phrases with abroad golf equipment since January.
Slot’s facet, who’re red-hot favourites to win the Premier League, host native rivals Everton on Wednesday following the worldwide break.
“His state of affairs is, sadly, that he’s injured, in any other case individuals would have most likely spoken about him that he had one or two good performances for the England group,” the Liverpool boss mentioned on Tuesday, referring to Alexander-Arnold.
“But he is injured and for him meaning he’s totally centered on his restoration and for us meaning we are attempting to assist him to be again as quickly as he can.
“For the remaining, in fact, for eight months it went a bit up and down possibly, with all types of talks about him, Virgil or Mo. But we’ve got by no means been centered on these talks, we’ve got all the time been centered on what we’ve got to do.
“For Virgil and Mo that’s making an attempt to win the Merseyside derby, and for Trent it’s ensuring he’s can get match as quickly as he can.”
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Slot, whose group are 12 factors away from second-placed Arsenal with simply 9 video games remaining within the Premier League, mentioned he was relaxed regardless of the continuing hypothesis.
“It’s a state of affairs that’s there for eight or 9 months now and all these three gamers have carried out so effectively beneath these circumstances so it would not have an effect on me in any respect,” he mentioned.
Liverpool’s match in opposition to Everton is their first outing since they misplaced the League Cup ultimate to Newcastle, a outcome that adopted a Champions League exit to Paris Saint-Germain on penalties.
“We are all trying a lot ahead to the upcoming 9 video games,” mentioned Slot. “The gamers are refreshed in my view.
“But it wasn’t all destructive. We have performed a ultimate in opposition to an excellent Newcastle group and we had one nice sport and the opposite sport we defended very well in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain… we received crushed by a really, very, excellent group however what a sport we performed as effectively.”
Slot can be again on the touchline within the Premier League after a two-match ban he acquired following a crimson card throughout chaotic scenes on the finish of a 2-2 draw at Everton’s Goodison Park floor in February.
“I’m hoping I’ll act otherwise subsequent time, however I am unable to promise,” he mentioned. “But what I’m additionally certain about is that I might be so shocked if I ever would expertise eight minutes of so many controversial choices to our drawback once more.”
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