'Impossible to say' - What the Liverpool squad think of Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid speculation
- mrwedwards
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Andy Robertson admits "it is impossible" for the Liverpool squad to ignore the ongoing speculation around Trent Alexander-Arnold's future
Robertson says his team-mate is simply focused on returning from injury right now.
Alexander-Arnold is out of contract at the end of the campaign and has been courted for some time by Real Madrid
It was reported during the international break that the Champions League holders had stepped up their efforts to sign the Reds star
Liverpool have yet to be informed by either the club or the player that an agreement has been reached
Los Blancos had a tentative advance immediately rejected by Liverpool before the January transfer window had even opened in late December
the La Liga giants remain confident of signing Alexander-Arnold.
Robertson concedes the reports have filtered into the dressing room but says his injured colleague is mainly thinking about getting himself fit once more
Robertson
"Trent’s head is not great because he’s injured,"
"And Trent hates being injured, that is the way he is. You know, none of us like being injured but I think over the years that I have played with him, it probably hurts Trent a little bit more.
"He loves being on the grass, he loves playing football, so that’s all he is focused on.
“It is impossible for me to say we have not seen all the noise and everyone commenting on it and things like that.
"But for us, our focus is for him to get back fit and healthy and once he does that then hopefully back on the pitch.
“Once he does that, what will happen [with his future], will happen. No one knows that yet.
"People can talk and there's a lot of speculation, everyone is speaking about it.
“But for us we just want another right-back option back and Trent is a huge player for that and hopefully he is back on the pitch very soon."
The long-serving left-back insists the players are yet to dream about what a title parade might look like in the city
Robertson added
"I’ve been interviewed many times, but no one here is allowing us to believe or think like that,"
"We have to focus on the next game. I can guarantee there are 60,000 in here (Anfield) thinking like that.
"That is right for them to do. They can get carried away, we are allowing them to get carried away and we take great pleasure in that. But we have to stay focused.
"We are the players, we have a job to do. Keep pushing and keep winning games to get us over the line. If the time comes we will be sure to enjoy it, but we are not thinking that far ahead.
"We just look to the next game. You guys talk about the 12 points (advantage over Arsenal) but we talk about the next three points.
“Every game becomes bigger for us. Every time we win three points the gap becomes bigger for us.
"We have eight games left, every time we pick up three points brings us closer to where we want to be. But we are still a long way off that.
“It was good to be back to winning ways tonight, we go again Sunday which will be a really tough game."
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