Liverpool boss Arne Slot says Trent Alexander-Arnold is 'fully committed' amid Real Madrid approach

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot insists Trent Alexander-Arnold is fully committed to the club following Real Madrid’s approach.

The Reds boss said that he would be playing against Manchester United on Sunday 5 January, but did not comment on whether he would be sold in the January transfer window.

Slot remained tight-lipped surrounding Alexander-Arnold's future, but confirmed he had spoken to the player.

He does not believe the approach from Real Madrid will unsettle the England international.

“I completely understand the question and why you ask it, but you already know the answer: these conversations I have never shared, not about Trent, not about any others, about what I talk to them about,” he said.

“It was a conversation as many others we had, me and Trent, so let’s leave it at that.

“I can tell you he is playing on Sunday and hopefully he brings the same performances as he brought in for the last half-year, because everybody saw how great a first half of the season he had, how much he is here, how much he wants to win here.

“I see him on the training ground every day working his ass off. He is fully committed to us and he will play on Sunday.

It is believed the club insist the 26-year-old is not for sale and when the Spanish giants made an enquiry, it was dismissed immediately.

Slot added: “If it would destabilise players at Liverpool if other people talk about them, then we would really have a problem because if you play at one of the biggest clubs in the world everybody is always - for 12 months long - talking about you, sometimes in relation to other clubs.

“That happens so many times for our players, so if that destabilises them then we really would have had a problem, not only now but in the last six months because there were some talks about our players in the last six months and I don’t think it destabilised them at all.”

Trent Alexander Arnold is out of contract in the summer.