Trent Alexander-Arnold set for Liverpool return but his future remains unclear | OneFootball

Trent Alexander-Arnold could return to the Liverpool squad this weekend following injury but Reds boss Arne Slot again did not give any clarification on the defender’s future.

Alexander-Arnold is out of contract at the end of this season and has been widely linked with a move to Real Madrid this summer.

He was one of three Liverpool stars whose contracts were due to run out at the end of the campaign, but team-mates Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk have since put pen to paper on new deals.

It leaves the 26-year-old as the only one whose future remains unclear but Slot would not be drawn on whether he could follow Salah and van Dijk.

“I think you would be surprised now if I answered differently than my answers for the whole season,” he said.

“It’s nice that we have already done two announcements and we can talk about that for hours but if you want to talk for hours with me about Trent then it’s, for hours, the same answer.

“We don’t talk about these things as long as they are not done yet and they aren’t so that’s why we don’t talk in public about his situation.

“Trent is coming back from an injury and trained with us yesterday. Every time he plays with us or trains with us he shows his commitment, he has worked so hard to be back already and the moment he’s on the pitch he shows me what a great football player he is and how much he’s involved in us trying to achieve our goals this season.

“He’s worked so hard during the whole season and now in his rehab to be back with the team again.

“The fans of Liverpool and everyone who watches football for the last five, six or seven years knows that he’s an incredible full-back, has been an incredible full-back for this football club and let’s see what the future brings.”

Alexander-Arnold has been sidelined with an ankle injury but while Slot has already ruled him out of starting against Leicester, he says he could be back in the squad.

Slot said: “Not to start but if today and tomorrow things go well, he might be on the bench but definitely not to start because he’s been out for five weeks and his first session with the team was Wednesday, he did parts of the team session.

“He’s not able to start but hopefully he can be able to join us. Conor (Bradley) had been out for a long time so for him to play 90 isn’t easy as well.

“It will be nice if Trent is with us during the weekend.”