'What I'm hearing' - Fabrizio Romano offers update on Liverpool star contract situation

Fabrizio Romano has revealed the latest information he has about Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold.

The defender is one of three key players now in the final year of his contract and reports have teased his potential exit. Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah are also in the same boat and it remains to be seen who will stay and who might depart.

Fans will hope they can keep hold of the academy graduate who has achieved legend status before the age of 26, winning every trophy possible across his seven-year professional career. As it stands, Real Madrid hold a strong interest in the player and the opportunity to join the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham may be too good to turn down - especially given how incredible their comeback win over Borussia Dortmund was in the Champions League last night.

With Dani Carvajal an aging legend in that position, Alexander-Arnold would be the dream addition and Romano, speaking on his YouTube channel, revealed the Spanish giants will follow him until a decision is made.

“As of today, Liverpool deny to have any communication from the player or his camp that he is not going to accept the contract,” says the journalist. “Trent Alexander-Arnold remains in contact with Liverpool and he’s talking to Liverpool.

“Then, Real Madrid are there, they will be there, they have been there for months, since March, working on Trent Alexander-Arnold as a dream target. They are monitoring the situation. Real Madrid when there is a top player like Trent potentially available as a free agent they are always very attentive. This is what they’re doing. Let’s see when and if they’ll make contact.”

“What I’m hearing is that to think about a January transfer is really complicated,” adds Romano. “We had these kinds of rumours but I don’t see that at the moment, this is not something realistic. “What we can say is that he remains top of the list for Real Madrid as right-back. But it depends what happens with Liverpool. As of today Trent didn’t tell Liverpool ‘I’m leaving’.”