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Arne Slot sends Real Madrid Trent Alexander-Arnold transfer warning as Liverpool boss reminds Los Blancos of failed attempt to lure Steven Gerrard away from Anfield

Arne Slot has warned Real Madrid that their pursuit of Trent Alexander-Arnold won't be straightforward by citing the example of their failure to convince Steven Gerrard to leave Merseyside for Madrid.

Madrid made an approach to Liverpool on New Year’s Eve to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold in January but it was emphatically rebuffed. Though with the 26-year-old's contract expiring this summer, the Spanish giants could get him for free then.

Asked by reporters whether it concerned him that Madrid tended to get their way, the Liverpool boss said: ‘There was one player (Gerrard) they would have really loved to have but he didn’t come.