Jurgen Klopp has already ‘made his feelings clear’ on Trent Alexander-Arnold joining Real Madrid as ‘warning’ sent

Jurgen Klopp has made his feelings clear on Trent Alexander-Arnold moving to Real Madrid after sending a previous warning.

Along with teammates Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk, the Liverpool defender is out of contract at the end of the season and links to Real have arguably overshadowed his role in the Premier League title pursuit under Arne Slot.

Alexander-Arnold has largely remained silent on the matter but did make a rare comment on his future in an interview with Sky Sports, saying: "I have been at the club 20 years now and I have signed four or five contract extensions… and none of those have been played out in public. This one won't be either."

However, there hasn't been much movement on the contract front despite negotiations and now, talkSPORT say Alexander-Arnold is poised to end his association with the Reds.

It's claimed he has agreed personal terms and will sign a lucrative five-year deal at the Santiago Bernabeu, where he will link up with England teammate and close friend Jude Bellingham.

He is set earn a whopping £220,000-per-week with the 15-time European champions, with Liverpool not receiving a transfer fee for a player who joined at the age of six before going on to win the Premier League and Champions League.

Alexander-Arnold made his debut under Klopp in 2016 before going on to become an integral player for the German prior to him stepping down at the end of last season.

Klopp has not addressed Alexander-Arnold's likely specifically but when he was in charge of Liverpool, he made his feelings clear on Philippe Coutinho's decision to leave for Barcelona.

The Brazilian expressed his desire to leave in January 2018, but Klopp tried to convince him to stay put and create a legacy at Anfield.

Trent Alexander-Arnold was handed his debut by Jurgen Klopp. Image: Getty

"Stay here and they will end up building a statue in your honour," Klopp said, as per The Mirror.

"Go somewhere else, to Barcelona, to Bayern Munich, to Real Madrid, and you will be just another player. Here you can be something more."

Coutinho did not listen to Klopp's instructions and moved to Barca in a club-record £142 million sale. But he wasn't a great success and by January 2022 he was back in the Premier League with Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa - although he had won two La Liga titles and the Champions League while on loan at Bayern Munich.

Alexander-Arnold to be denied shirt number

If he does move to Real, Alexander-Arnold will not be able to wear the No.66 he has worn his whole career.

That's because La Liga rules require clubs to submit 25-player first-team squads featuring numbers from 1 to 25.

Players in the 25-man A-squad must wear a number between 1 and 25, with reserve team players who step up to play for the senior squad given numbers between 26 and 50.