Trent Alexander-Arnold’s understudy Conor Bradley took all the plaudits this week in a famous Champions League win as his contract continues to come to an end at Anfield

Trent Alexander-Arnold was called up for Liverpool’s famous Champions League win against Real Madrid this week – but it was his understudy, Conor Bradley, who ended up taking all the plaudits for keeping Kylian Mbappe on his toes. Liverpool Echo readers in our comment field has had his say on the right-back’s continued contract suspension.

Alexander-Arnold’s contract expires this summerand he will be able to talk to the clubs about a free transfer from January 2025. Liverpool risk losing three of the pillars of Jurgen Klopp yours for nothing – both Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk are in the same boat.

Of the three, only Trent has yet to come forward and publicly say he wants to stay Anfield. Real could be his next destination, although they were denied a proper look at him on Wednesday with Bradley performing admirably in his place.

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Reader NigelRG wouldn’t put Alexander-Arnold’s contract talks at the top of the pile: “Trent’s talent is unique, but limited. Given the free space, being under Klopp, he attacked most of the time. He’s not the fastest, but he produced breathtaking accurate flight passes I’m not sure the inverted back experiment worked – he was better along the wing.

“Slot has obviously told him to stay back more, and he’s been a surprisingly good defender. But we don’t see many of his key passes. I think he’s very difficult to rate. He’s not the best right-back in the world , as Klopp called him, but his special talent is unique.However, I would prioritize signing him over Mo and VVD, otherwise Mo is almost irreplaceable.

Commenter Kasper74 writes: “Come on folks! Losing a world class homegrown player like TAA would definitely be a terrible loss. How quickly fans forget what he has done and what he could still do at 26. Conor is great but is nowhere near TAA level YET! Let’s not push our own out of negativity…”

Awal believes a move to Real would be a mistake: “Can’t see why Trent would go to a team we can beat, and even though they have more cups than us, it doesn’t mean they are better than us. I think that if he moves he will regret it, as many other players have found out before him. Coutinho as an example.”

ScouseIan agrees: “I can’t believe he wants to leave his boyhood club for nothing and give his best years to a Spanish club in a weak league. Doesn’t he look at the countless others who left our club and think the grass is greener elsewhere , only to have their careers ruined?”

MahadzirManaf believes it wouldn’t be the end of the world: “No player is bigger than the club. I’ve seen top players from Liverpool leave the club like Kevin Keegan, Ian Rush, Steve McManaman etc. But Bob Paisley managed to find replacements and I think Arne Slot can do the same. I don’t really care if any of the Liverpool players wanted to leave.”

Georgeformby says: “After Bradley’s performance the other night, Trent won’t be missed if he goes.” Ramon23 disagrees: “One game, mate. If he goes, it should never have come to losing him potentially for nothing.”

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