The Former Barça Player Who Pushes Alexander-Arnold into Real Madrid's Arms: How?

One of the transfers Real Madrid wants to finalize before this January's end is Trent Alexander-Arnold. The addition of Liverpool's "66" could be the first transfer scheduled for the 2025 summer:  information published in recent days gives reasons for realistic optimism.

In this context, the executives led by Florentino Pérez would have gotten to work to send an offer that Alexander-Arnold could accept right away. Because the goal is always to secure his future as a Meringue before the end of January.

Only in this way would it be possible to prevent the player in question from having time to regret and transfer with another team... or renew with Liverpool. Opinions in favor of this move toward Real Madrid have slowly grown over time, piling up in an alarming number.

The latest to take a stance in this saga is a European soccer legend: Gary Lineker. The former English forward has asked a very direct question: "How can you say no to Real Madrid?". For Lineker, "no matter how strong, powerful, and rich the Premier League is, the world's greats still go to Barça and Real Madrid".

Without a doubt

The example given by the former Tottenham Hotspurs player has only one exception: "in recent times it's Haaland". The Norwegian "9" of Manchester City, while it's true that he chose to head to the Etihad Stadium, considered transfer with the white club as the best option. Only Karim Benzema's  presence, a consecrated Ballon d'Or winner, led him to join the sky blue team when he decided to leave Borussia Dortmund.

"Aside from that, everyone goes there," Gary Lineker concludes. The former Premier League player seems to be clear that Trent Alexander-Arnold should head to Santiago Bernabéu locker room as soon as possible to continue his career at the elite level.

Real Madrid seems to be the most appropriate club, not only according to Gary Lineker, for Trent Alexander-Arnold to fulfilll his desires. The current "66" of Liverpool has made it clear that he wants "to build a legacy" and be considered the best right-back of his time: this wouldn't be within his reach in Merseyside.

That's why he wouldn't have hesitated to approach Real Madrid when the board led by Florentino Pérez showed interest in acquiring his services. However, there's still no established certainty in this transfer... which the white club wants to finalize as soon as possible to ensure its success.