‘Top-drawer’ – Liverpool backed to pursue shock transfer move for Real Madrid star

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New Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola (Picture: AP) Liverpool have been backed to pursue an audacious bid to bring Trent Alexander-Arnold back to Anfield just one year after his departure to Real Madrid. After 20 years at his boyhood club, Alexander-Arnold left Liverpool last summer to join Madrid on a free transfer.

And former Chelsea midfielder Andy Townsend believes Liverpool should try and capitalise on that uncertainty and lure the full-back back to Anfield this summer. ‘First and foremost, purely as a player, if he came back to Liverpool, would he improve them? Trent Alexander-Arnold had a difficult first season at Real Madrid (Picture: Getty) ‘Frimpong one, as a right back, I’ve not really got.

Alexander-Arnold spent 20 years at Liverpool (Picture: Getty) But Townsend believes a short-term deal to bring Alexander-Arnold’s quality back to Liverpool could work best for both parties ahead of the new season. ‘Real Madrid have signed Denzel Dumfries from Inter, who would no doubt fit the profile a bit more for Jose Mourinho,’ he added. ‘They’ve got Valverde. Secretly, he would have been a little hurt at the fact that it never happened, never really got going. ‘If Liverpool could get any deal done for him on a loan basis for a season, whatever those fees are nowadays, be it £5million, even £10m, I wouldn’t turn your nose up at that to get that boy back through the door, because he is top-drawer.’ At present, Liverpool appear to be prioritising a move for a new wide forward after the departure of Mohamed Salah.