Kyle Walker is the right Trent Alexander-Arnold substitute – Liverpool ought to make a transfer for the Manchester Metropolis star this month.
That’s the view of ex-Reds striker Dean Saunders, who has urged Arne Slot to make a raid on their Premier League rivals.
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It comes amid Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola revealing that the 34-year-old has requested to depart the Etihad within the January switch window to complete his profession overseas.
talkSPORT understands that the defender, who was omitted of the Metropolis squad that beat Salford Metropolis 8-0 within the FA Cup third spherical, is a goal for Saudi Professional League golf equipment who’re capable of supply the participant a mega-money wage.
However Serie A giants AC Milan are additionally eager to safe Walker’s companies in a shock swoop.
The Italian outfit additionally stay eager on bringing in Manchester United ahead Marcus Rashford as they appear to develop their ever-growing accumulating of Three Lions stars.
At the moment, Fikayo Tomori, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tammy Abraham are all on the books on the San Siro.
Nevertheless because it stands, there was no direct talks between Milan and Metropolis relating to a transfer for Walker.
Whereas many consider that the ex-Tottenham man is not at the usual to play Premier League soccer, talkSPORT presenter Saunders is of the opinion that he stays simply nearly as good as ever.
Talking on the FA Cup GameDay Telephone-In alongside former Chelsea defender Jason Cundy, Saunders claimed Walker could be the perfect substitute for Actual Madrid goal Alexander-Arnold.
Regardless of Walker pushing for a transfer away from England, Saunders mentioned: “Would you like me to chuck a spanner within the works?
“So it appears to be like like Trent is leaving, why do not Liverpool signal him?
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“There you go, he’d be a very good signing for Liverpool if Trent goes.
“I do know they have the younger child [Conor Bradley] coming via…”
Interjecting, an nearly speechless Cundy replied: “Deano, why have you ever achieved that? Why have you ever thrown that in?”
Explaining himself, Saunders said: “By the way in which, he is nonetheless fast – and if Trent is leaving…”
Later within the present, Saunders doubled down on his view, earlier than then pointing he could be starter at every of Metropolis’s ‘High Six’ rivals.
He remarked: “He’d get in Spurs’ group, he’d get in Liverpool’s group.
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“He’d get in Man United’s group, he’d get in Chelsea’s group.
“Would he get in Arsenal’s group? He’d get in Arsenal’s group. He is higher than [Ben] White!”
Saunders then posed the query whether or not Saudi Arabia could be a very good transfer for Walker, to which Cundy insisted he can nonetheless do a job in Europe.
He mentioned: “After all he may [make switch to Saudi Arabia], I simply do not suppose he’s prepared but.
“If he will get supplied £600,000-a-week to go and play in Saudi, I am not going to criticise him, that to me is sensible.
“But when I am a membership in Italy or in Spain watching Kyle Walker… the tempo of the English recreation, it is the quickest league on the earth.
“Sure, he is misplaced a yard of tempo, however Kyle Walker’s tempo continues to be a match for many on this league.
“I believe the truth that he [Guardiola] mentioned he desires to go overseas, he is achieved it in England, he is gained all the pieces there’s to win, go and do one thing overseas.
“I get that, I see that, that reveals bravery that he desires to go overseas and show himself.”