The great derby between Liverpool and Manchester United came and went and it was a great affair, with four goals and lots of chances and last-minute saves. The Red Devils, considering their league form came as ‘winners‘ in a 2-2 draw at Anfield, while Trent Alexander-Arnold was the one who got the most stick in the Liverpool side for not playing well. Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane called his defending as ‘schoolboy stuff‘ and now former Liverpool defender is also criticizing him, but mostly due to Real Madrid bid. It‘s no secret that Alexander-Arnold is on a serious crossroads. His contract with Liverpool finishes in May and Real Madrid is after him. So far, no extension with the Reds in on the table and it looks like he will move to Spain in May. But Real made a surprise bid of 20 million pounds for the player, which was swiftly rejected by the club.’Real? Trent is going to Tranmere Rovers’And Jamie Carragher blames the player for that.“They’re bullies, Real Madrid. My problem with it is, they have bid on the back of Trent Alexander-Arnold or his agent saying “put a bid in”. Because they wouldn’t put a bid in, they wouldn’t do that unless they get the say so. But all those parties know Liverpool are going to turn that down anyway, so what are you trying to create? What noise are you trying to make? Liverpool are not going to sell Trent in January going for a league title. What I’m saying is, let’s not be naive here. No one puts bids in now unless they’ve already spoken to the player about it. If it gets accepted, would you come? People know before they put bids in. And there’s obviously been talks. I’ve got no problem with that – that’s the nature of the game. I think for that to come out when it did, I was not happy about that at all. For me, we’re probably not the best people to speak to about this because we’ve never been involved in a transfer and we’re probably two of the biggest club men who always put the club first. But I just think, the situation Liverpool are in, there’s no way an agent or Trent Alexander-Arnold don’t know that bid is going in before it goes in. And if you don’t want that to go in, you say no“ Carragher told the Gary Neville Podcast.Trent’s ‘Real Madrid or nothing’ message to LiverpoolHis host Gary Neville agreed with the Real Madrid bid, claiming that the sum which was offered is been just short of disrespectful.“Bidding 20million for him is taking the ****. I’ll be honest with you, it’s insulting. There’s a certain respect that should happen between big clubs. You know when you bid 20m for that player, you know a club like Liverpool are not going to accept that bid. So you’re almost in some ways insulting them, you are. That’s quite some thing to say, that Trent Alexander-Arnold or his people have told Madrid to put a bid in. From Trent Alexander-Arnold’s perspective, he would be completely naive to think Liverpool are going to let him go mid-season because the message that would send to everybody would be wrong“ said Neville.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 20Saturday Tottenham – Newcastle 1-2 (1-2)/Solanke 4 – Gordon 6, Isak 38/Aston Villa – Leicester 2-1 (0-0)/Barkley 58, Bailey 76 – Mavididi 63/Bournemouth – Everton 1-0 (0-0)/Brooks 77/Crystal Palace – Chelsea 1-1 (0-1)/Mateta 82 – Cole 14/Man.City – West Ham 4-1 (2-0)/Coufal (og) 10, Haaland 42, 55, Foden 58 – Fullkrug 71/Southampton – Brentford 0-5 (0-1)/Chade 6, Mbuemo 62, 69, Wissa 90+2, Lewis Potter 90+5/Brighton – Arsenal 1-1 (0-1)/Pedro (p) 61 – Nwaneri 16/Sunday Fulham – Ipswich 2-2 (0-1)/Jimenez 69 pen, 90+1 pen – Szmodics 38, Delap 71 pen/Liverpool – Man.Utd. 2-2 (0-0)/Gakpo 59, Salah 70(p) – Martinez 52, Diallo 80/Monday23.00: (3.20) Wolverhampton (3.30) Nott.Forest (2.30)***odds are subject to change***
