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With Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk officially signing new contracts over the last few days, all of the focus is now on Trent Alexander-Arnold to put pen to paper on a new deal.

The Liverpool vice captain was among the trio of Reds players that entered the last six months of their deal this year.

But Salah and Van Dijk have decided to stay, while the 26-year-old continues to be linked with a summer move to Real Madrid.

A few weeks ago, multiple reports from Spain claimed that the Liverpool academy star had agreed to join the European giants.

Still, since then, no official statement has been made, nor has the player even spoken to the media about his future.

It is no surprise that despite the rumours and countless chatter about his future, Alexander-Arnold has yet to comment.

Earlier this season, he promised that his potential next Liverpool deal wouldn’t be decided in the media.

He has stuck to his words and has remained silent amid the noise.

But his silence means that Slot has been the one having to face the press constantly about his future.

With new deals for Salah and Van Dijk now confirmed, the scrutiny is now even more, and the Liverpool boss has had to respond to queries about his vice-captain twice this week.

He spoke directly about Alexander-Arnold’s future during his pre-Leicester City match press conference.

The same subject was raised by Jamie Carragher during a wide-ranging interview with Sky Sports on Friday.

Asked by the former Liverpool defender about Alexander-Arnold’s future, Slot said:

“We prefer to talk about announcements, not about how things are going in the contract negotiations.”

“What I do know is that Trent is back on the pitch, he’s training with us again, had a good season, so hopefully he can help us towards the end of the season by achieving what we all hope to achieve.”

The Reds’ vice-captain has been sidelined since sustaining an injury during the Champions League tie with Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield on March 11.

He could be in line to play some minutes in Liverpool’s game on Sunday.

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