Hypothesis over Trent Alexander-Arnold‘s anticipated transfer to Actual Madrid has been “not possible” for the Liverpool squad to disregard, admits Andy Robertson.
Alexander-Arnold is at the moment sidelined resulting from a hamstring damage and there are doubts over whether or not the vice-captain will function once more for Liverpool.
This comes with a free switch to Actual Madrid deemed imminent, with studies over the worldwide break suggesting a deal was all however agreed.
Whereas Arne Slot has insisted it stays enterprise as traditional it’s apparent that, within the fashionable period, such studies will filter all the way down to the remainder of the squad.
And chatting with journalists together with the Press Affiliation’s Carl Markham after the Merseyside derby, Robertson admitted as a lot.
“Trent’s head shouldn’t be nice as a result of he’s injured. He hates being injured. None of us like being injured but it surely hurts Trent slightly bit extra. That’s all he’s targeted on,” the left-back mentioned.
“It’s not possible for me to say we’ve got not seen all of the noise and everybody commenting on it.
“However for us our focus is for him to get again match and wholesome. As soon as he does that, what is going to occur, will occur. Nobody is aware of that but.
“Folks can discuss and speculate however for us we would like Trent again very quickly.”
Robertson’s assertion that, whatever the discuss round Alexander-Arnold and ongoing doubts over each Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, Liverpool’s focus stays on the duty at hand definitely rings true.
There are not any indicators of distraction on the pitch – maybe bar a sluggish show from Alexander-Arnold in opposition to Man United in January – and the Reds are 13 factors from the title.
“We simply look to the subsequent recreation. You guys discuss concerning the 12 factors however we discuss concerning the subsequent three factors,” Robertson continued.
“Each recreation turns into greater for us. We’ve eight video games left. Each time we choose up three factors brings us nearer to the place we wish to be.
“However we’re nonetheless a great distance off that. It was good to be again to profitable methods and we go once more Sunday which might be a very robust recreation.
“(The followers) can get carried away, we’re permitting them to get carried away and we take nice pleasure in that.
“However we’ve got to remain targeted. We’re the gamers, we’ve got a job to do. Maintain pushing and preserve profitable video games to get us over the road.
“If the time comes we’ll remember to get pleasure from it, however we’re not pondering that far forward.”
