Liverpool transfer news as Trent Alexander-Arnold 'rejects offers' amid Viktor Gyokeres blow - Liverpool.com

The January transfer window is fast approaching as we near the end of 2024 – although the turn of the year might not be too welcome for Liverpool.

Despite the encouraging start made by Arne Slot this season, there are some major issues that still need to be sorted out. The futures of Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah remain unresolved, with all three set to be out of contract at the end of the season.

What’s more, the speculation of a move to Real Madrid seems to be growing in Alexander-Arnold’s case, and the latest reports from Spain suggest Liverpool may have already failed in its attempts to tie him down to a new deal.

Here is the Liverpool.com verdict on the transfer gossip to emerge around the Reds today, including the latest on Alexander-Arnold, as well as a blow in the race for Viktor Gyokeres.

Trent Alexander-Arnold has rejected ‘several’ offers to renew his contract at Liverpool, according to Spanish outlet Sport. The right-back’s current deal of course expires at the end of the season, and fears are growing that he could be heading to Real Madrid next summer.

Sport claims that Alexander-Arnold has made his intention to leave Anfield clear, and it’s not just Los Blancos making a play for his signature. Paris Saint-Germain is also said to have joined the race – the 26-year-old will be free to negotiate a pre-contract agreement with a foreign club in January unless he signs a new deal at Liverpool before then.

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Liverpool.com says: Even if this report is way off the mark, you can’t help but get a growing sense of dread about Alexander-Arnold’s future at Liverpool. With every passing day, it just feels like a move to Madrid is becoming more and more inevitable.

Hopefully those fears prove to be wrong, and we’ll soon be greeted with a picture of the vice-captain putting pen to paper at the AXA Training Centre. At the moment though, it really feels like we might be seeing the last few months of Alexander-Arnold in a Liverpool shirt.

Ruben Amorim’s appointment at Manchester United looks set to give them the edge in the race for Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres, according to Football Insider. The Swedish international has been in spectacular form since making the move to Portugal last year, having scored 43 goals in 50 appearances last season, while sitting on 16 goals in 15 appearances across all competitions so far this campaign.

Liverpool has been linked with a move for the former Coventry City star, with Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg even suggesting he could move for a cut-price €60-70m [$65m/£50m - $76m/£58m], despite having a release clause of €100m [$108m/£83m]. With Amorim looking poised to become the new manager at Old Trafford though, United could hold an advantage, with Gyokeres said to be a huge fan of the 39-year-old.

Liverpool.com says: It was inevitable that some of Sporting’s stars would start getting linked to United – because of course, signing the manager’s former players worked out really well for Erik ten Hag…

Gyokeres will get a big move soon, it’s just a question of where he ends up. Whether Liverpool will be in the conversation will surely depend on how Darwin Nunez performs for the remainder of the season.