Liverpool boss Arne Slot admitted his disappointment that Trent Alexander Arnold will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
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00:00It's been a long time we spoke to you since the announcement that Trent will be leaving
00:03at the end of his contract. How do you now feel about his decision to go and what
00:06reception do you hope for him this weekend?
00:10I think, like everybody who likes Liverpool and who is a fan of Liverpool, we are
00:18disappointed for him leaving because not only a good human being is leaving the
00:22club but a very, very, very good full-back is leaving us as well, but I'm
00:29also working at clubs like Alkman and Feyenoord where every season a very good
00:37or multiple very good players have left the club, so I'm a bit more used to it
00:42maybe that players leaving the club and the experience I have, and by the way
00:47this club as well, that if a very good player is leaving, the next very good
00:52player will step up and that's probably what's going to happen now again as well.
00:58What about the situation though, about him possibly leaving the club ahead of his contract expiring
01:03so he can play in the Club World Cup, can you tell us what the club's thoughts are on that?
01:07Is that potentially likely to happen?
01:09Do you know where he's going then?
01:11We understand, but the direction of travel is Real Madrid.
01:14OK, he hasn't said anything about it himself, the only thing he said is that he's going to leave the club,
01:19it's impossible to comment on where he's going, and if that is a club that is going to play in the Club World Cup,
01:26you see on my smile that we both know where he's going to, but it hasn't been said yet.
01:33So that's impossible for me to comment on, and team selection is, as it's been last week,
01:40it's going to be the same thoughts process go through my mind for the Sunday game.
01:46I think if Conor would have been available for Chelsea, he would have started already against Chelsea,
01:52but he wasn't, so there's a fair chance that he will start Conor, I mean then, on Sunday.