Arne Slot has given an update on Trent Alexander-Arnold\u2019s fitness ahead of Liverpool\u2019s Champions League clash against Real Madrid on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
written by Dandozzy November 26, 2024<\/p>\n
The Reds\u2019 vice-captain suffered a hamstring injury in the win over Aston Villa earlier this month and missed the trip to Southampton on Sunday, although he was involved in training today in preparation for the visit of Los Blancos tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Slot provides Trent injury update<\/p>\n
The LFC head coach faced the media at his pre-match press conference this afternoon and gave updates on several of his players who\u2019ve been nursing injuries, including the 26-year-old.<\/p>\n
Speaking about the right-back\u2019s availability for the Real Madrid game, Slot said (via Liverpool Echo): \u201cTrent is in the squad but won\u2019t be available to start. Maybe he\u2019ll play a few minutes but not in an ideal world, only if really necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trent Alexander-Arnold won\u2019t be ready to start for Liverpool against Real Madrid(Photo by Carl Recine\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Trent will be missed but Bradley is capable of stepping up<\/p>\n
After months of speculation linking him with a potential move to the Bernabeu, the absence of Trent from Liverpool\u2019s starting line-up tomorrow night provides an ironic twist.<\/p>\n
From Slot\u2019s comments, it seems as though the 26-year-old will be on the bench at Anfield as he\u2019s not quite ready to feature, but the head coach will be hugely reluctant to call upon him unless his hand is very much forced.<\/p>\n
While obviously the vice-captain will be missed against the Champions League holders, in a perverse way it might be beneficial for him not to face Real Madrid, considering the obvious transfer narrative which has done the rounds for so long.<\/p>\n
The silver lining for Liverpool is that they have another hugely capable right-back to call upon in Conor Bradley, for whom facing Los Blancos will be a massive test, but he\u2019s shown during his time on the Reds\u2019 first team so far that he\u2019s well able to rise to a stern challenge.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow\u2019s clash will likely come a bit too soon for Trent, but Slot\u2019s update suggests that the England international should be good to go for the small matter of Manchester City next Sunday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Arne Slot has given an update on Trent Alexander-Arnold\u2019s fitness ahead of Liverpool\u2019s Champions League clash against Real Madrid on Wednesday night. written by Dandozzy November 26, 2024 The Reds\u2019 vice-captain suffered a hamstring injury in the win over Aston Villa earlier this month and missed the trip to Southampton on Sunday, although he was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":27123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n