Liverpool urged to sign cheap player who would 'start for Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal'

Former Liverpool striker Dean Saunders believes Arne Slot could do worse than replacing Trent Alexander-Arnold with Kyle Walker.

Manchester City captain Walker is keen to take on a new challenge and leave the Etihad Stadium this month, Pep Guardiola revealed on Saturday. Despite Walker's poor recent form, Saunders believes he would still do a job for virtually any top team in the division.

And with Alexander-Arnold heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid – if not now, then at the end of the season – Liverpool could soon be in the market for a right-back to compete with rising star Conor Bradley. .

Former Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Wales star Saunders told talkSPORT radio: “So it looks like Trent is leaving, why don't Liverpool sign him? [Walker]? It would be a good signing for Liverpool if Trent leaves. I know they have the young child coming.

“By the way, he's still fast. He would come into the Spurs team, he would come into the Liverpool team. He would come into the Man United team. He would come into the Chelsea team. Would he be in the Arsenal team? He would get into the Arsenal team. He is better than. [Ben] White!

“If we offer him £600,000 a week to go and play in Saudi Arabia, I'm not going to criticize him, it seems logical to me.

“But if I'm a club in Italy or Spain watching Kyle Walker… the pace of the English game, it's the fastest league in the world. Yes, he's lost a meter of pace, but the pace of Kyle Walker is still a match for most in this league.

As if City's current captain telling Guardiola he wanted to quit a few months after winning his sixth Premier League wasn't a big enough surprise, with Walker heading across the northwest to join one of the club's main rivals in the title would send shockwaves to the top. flight.

Fortunately for Blues fans, reports suggest this is unlikely. Guardiola himself has said that Walker wants to continue his career in a foreign country, while Sky Germany claims he would prefer to stay in Europe rather than head to the Saudi Pro League. Both AC Milan and Bayern Munich are reportedly interested in a move that may not even require a transfer fee.

Meanwhile, Liverpool have not given up on convincing Alexander-Arnold to stay, with six months remaining on his contract. But talks with Real have already reportedly taken place, and the 26-year-old appears tempted to join his good friend Jude Bellingham in La Liga.