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Arne Slot, head coach of Liverpool during a training session at AXA Training Centre on April 09, 2025(Image: Nikki Dyer - LFC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

It speaks to the influence and importance of Trent Alexander-Arnold that Liverpool are forced to contemplate signing a senior right-back for the first time in a decade this summer.

Having initially added Nathaniel Clyne from Southampton in the summer of 2015, the emergence of Alexander-Arnold under Jurgen Klopp meant the Reds haven't needed to bring in a specialist in that area of the pitch since.

The capture of Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen in the summer of 2022 was completed with one eye on the future, while the likes of James Milner and Joe Gomez have previously deputised whenever Alexander-Arnold has been unavailable.



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The subsequent rise of Conor Bradley also means Liverpool may not necessarily need to bring in a first-team starter in the position for next season and beyond, but Monday's confirmation of Alexander-Arnold's end-of-season exit means it is at least a prospect that must be given some thought inside the corridors of power at the AXA Training Centre.

Bayer Leverkusen's Jeremie Frimpong has been linked and with a £30m release clause inserted into his contract with the Bundesliga side, a move for the Netherlands international appeals to some.

Alan Shearer, meanwhile, believes Denzel Dumfries, of Champions League finalists Inter, would be suited to succeed Alexander-Arnold.

With the Reds about to lose a player who has made over 350 Premier League appearances, speculation around the right-back spot is only expected to increase as we head towards the summer transfer window.

For Slot, though, he is only focusing, publicly at least, on his current complement of players, with Conor Bradley set to be given the chance to prove he can remain fit and fulfill his undoubted promise.

Slot confirmed on Friday the Northern Ireland international is set to be given the final three games to show what he can do ahead of a future that won't contain Alexander-Arnold.

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"I think you will not be surprised if I say everyone gets a programme over the summer, [but] Conor has such an intense playing style," Slot says of Bradley, who will start when the Reds entertain Arsenal on Sunday afternoon.

"They all run a lot.

The versatile defender hasn't featured in the Premier League since December, however, and Slot is unsure if his season is over after he suffered a setback on his return from a hamstring injury just 11 minutes into February's FA Cup defeat at Plymouth Argyle.

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Slot adds: "He is becoming closer and closer [to returning].
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