Slot assured Liverpool will make ‘new stars’ after Alexander-Arnold’s go out

Arne Slot has insisted Liverpool will “generate new stars” when Trent Alexander-Arnold leaves and when put next the right-back’s attainable successor, Conor Bradley, to Paris Saint-Germain’s Achraf Hakimi.

Slot admits Alexander-Arnold’s determination to go away as a loose agent this summer season has come as a significant unhappiness. But he instructed lovers to center of attention their energies at the crew that faces Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday and as “less as possible to Trent, unless it’s positive.” Slot showed Bradley will get started the sport as he plans for lifestyles with out the Real Madrid-bound defender.

Alexander-Arnold’s need for a recent problem within the wake of profitable the Premier League name deepened Slot’s sense of remorseful about. But the pinnacle trainer is adamant that Liverpool will maintain their newest succession convincingly. “It is a disappointment for the fans, for teammates and for me that he is leaving,” he mentioned. “We are going to miss a very good human being and a very, very, very good full-back.

“We tried to keep him here. If that does not work out, of course you are disappointed. There were a lot of questions about me replacing Jürgen [Klopp] and there are so many examples of people leaving this club. Kevin Keegan left, Kenny Dalglish arrived. We all felt disappointed, we felt sad, but we always know this club will generate new stars again.”

“Trent is not the first and won’t be the last one to leave a special club,” Slot added. “Players from [Manchester] City, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Liverpool sometimes go somewhere else. What is important for me is that it was really hard for him to leave this club. We as a club did everything we could to keep him here and then we have to accept his decision.”

Slot would no longer be drawn on whether or not Liverpool will try to exchange Alexander-Arnold by means of the switch marketplace this summer season. Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong, who has a unencumber clause of €35m (£29.6m), can be of passion must the membership come to a decision to shop for. Bradley is the main interior candidate to take over. The Liverpool head trainer paid the 21-year-old Northern Ireland world an enormous praise via evaluating him to Morocco captain Hakimi, probably the most best full-backs on the planet.

“Conor has such an intense playing style,” mentioned Slot. “They all run a lot but Conor is in his own league when it comes to running a lot, comparable maybe with Achraf Hakimi at PSG. He is everywhere during the game. But Hakimi is 26. He is much more used to doing this every single week.

“Conor needs time and a good programme to keep him fit. He is not the only one who has not been a regular starter who has had some injuries this season, look at Diogo Jota and Harvey Elliott. The ones who are not regular starters, it is harder to keep them fit than the ones who are. If Conor is going to be the regular starter next season that could maybe help him. I think he had 20 games [in a row] last season when Trent was injured. Let’s hope that has a positive impact on his fitness as well.”