Liverpool have finally found their Trent Alexander-Arnold successor: He will cost £39m

Liverpool have finally found their Trent Alexander-Arnold successor: He will cost £39m Liverpool have so far failed in their quest to move on from Trent Alexander-Arnold . The 27-year-old left the club last summer - joining Real Madrid for £10m. And sporting director Richard Hughes made two big moves to safeguard the future of the right-back slot.

Jeremie Frimpong was brought in from Bayer Leverkusen for £29m and Conor Bradley was given a new lucrative long-term contract. Owing to injury neither deal has yet worked out. Frimpong, 25, has suffered multiple muscle injuries this season and in any case Arne Slot now seems to prefer using him further up the pitch.

Bradley has been afflicted by serious injury trouble over the past two years since breaking into the first-team picture. And the Northern Ireland captain has been absent since January with a knee injury and won’t play again until next season. Far from the position being covered it now looks like Liverpool are going to have to go back into the market for another performer.

Liverpool want £39m deal for Marco Palestra According to a report in Caught Offside Italian international Marco Palestra is now emerging as a serious option . “Liverpool are making “serious preparations” to secure the signing of Atalanta’s young defender Marco Palestra in the upcoming summer transfer window,” the report reads. “The English club view Palestra as a solution to strengthen squad depth and possibly as a long-term replacement option.