Liverpool head to Tottenham Hotspur aiming to take care of their place on the high of the Premier League, because of the tremendous performances of three key males this season.
Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold have all been pivotal to the Reds’ distinctive begin to life beneath Arne Slot, which has seen them win 11 and lose simply one in all their first 15 Premier League fixtures.
All of the whereas although, the top of the trio’s contracts has edged ever nearer, with all three set to turn out to be free brokers in the summertime.
Former Liverpool defender provides his verdict on Trent Alexander-Arnold
There has remained no decision on the way forward for the three stars – former Liverpool defender Neil Ruddock is bound that talks are happening behind the scenes, however may perceive if any of them determine to go away. Alexander-Arnold, specifically, has been closely linked with Actual Madrid.
“Gamers come to the top of their contracts however I’m positive they’ve been speaking, you don’t go away it till after Christmas, I’m positive there’s so much happening,” Ruddock informed FFT.
“I’m positive Liverpool try their hardest to maintain the three of them there, however as a footballer, you may’t blame them in the event that they wish to style enjoying overseas, enjoying for Actual Madrid – for a younger participant like Trent, you may’t actually blame him.
“For the older lads like Salah, I may perceive. Why would you keep a pair extra years should you don’t assume you’re going to be the participant you had been and also you lose that hero standing?
“There will probably be numerous conversations happening between the gamers, the individuals who take care of them and the membership, there’s so much to weigh up. For all three of them, I hope they keep, however it’s also possible to perceive it in the event that they go.”
Ruddock was talking after launching a brand new syndicate with Outdated Gold Racing, providing followers the chance to personal a share in a brand new racehorse with him, for £60. The horse Plus Level will compete within the new colors of Razor Ruddock Racing.
“After I was enjoying soccer, the lads had been all the time into racing – Steve McManaman, Michael Owen was massively into it and has his personal stables now,” Ruddock mentioned.
“I all the time needed to get into it and go racing however I by no means had the time, there was all the time one thing I needed to do like decide the children up or I used to be working.
“However the youngsters are getting older now so now it’s the correct time and I can take pleasure in going racing. I’ve obtained to this glory previous age of 56, extra time on my palms, so me and my agent obtained in contact with Outdated Gold and got here up with this idea of ‘Let’s have a racehorse and get a syndicate going’.
“We’re encouraging folks to affix, and it’s going to be a racing membership with a distinction – I’m going to be there on a regular basis and we would like as many members as we are able to to go to racing.
“We’ll have an excellent previous knees up, a number of pints and cheer Plus Level house into the winners’ enclosure.
“It’s not simply that you simply’re going to have part of the horse, it’s the environment and the event as properly. We wish to go partying and racing.”
There will probably be extra from Ruddock in an upcoming challenge of FourFourTwo journal, and extra particulars in regards to the syndicate can be found at https://oldgoldracing.com/horses/plus-point