Former Arsenal coach, Arsene Wenger, made profound analysis of Liverpool unable to retain the key defender Trent Alexander Arnold, who decided to leave Anfield when the maturity contract at the end of the season was expected to join Real Madrid on a free transfer. According to Wenger, this is a typical example showing that The Reds has “lost in a new transfer game”.
Speaking on Bein Sports, the French strategist said that Real Madrid – the 2nd ranked team La Liga – approached and asked the Alexander Arnold from “very long, a long time ago”, maybe from two years ago, with a promise of a generous contract when he became a free player.
Although the player has only officially announced his intention to leave Liverpool in March, Wenger believes that Real Madrid’s move is part of the long -term strategy.
He explained: “I believe that Trent’s case shows a new game. It is no longer a traditional way of transfer, because the players are very, very large, they will leave at the end of the contract.
Because the salary is too high, if you want to buy a top player, you have to pay him a lot of money and you can no longer afford to pay the transfer fee. ”
Wenger described how the big clubs worked: “The big clubs will tell the player two years before the contract ends: ‘We want to buy you, we guarantee to pay you this salary and we will try to make a suggestion to your club’. If it is not successful, they will come back next time.
And if it is still not, they will return and recruit you for free.
Information from Liverpool said the negotiations began on the possibility that Alexander Arnold moved to Real Madrid earlier, maybe in June, with a nominal fee.
This will help Liverpool not to pay the last month’s salary for a player who decided to leave, and allow Alexander Arnold to be able to participate in the new FIFA Club World Cup with the Spanish royal team.
