Thames: Real Madrid accelerates negotiations and wants to sign Arnold in advance, Alonso hopes to take him to the FFC World Cup

Liverpool veteran team reporter Joyce reported that Real Madrid has accelerated negotiations with Liverpool and hopes to sign Arnold as soon as possible so that he can participate in the Club World Cup.

Real Madrid is eager to introduce the right-back before Arnold's contract with Liverpool officially expires on June 30, but Liverpool has a firm position and will release the person in advance only if the transfer fee is charged. On Thursday night, Spanish sources said the official deal could be reached within 24 hours. Real Madrid's new coach Alonso hopes Arnold can join the team's roster in the Club World Cup.

FIFA has specially opened a transfer window from June 1 (Sunday) to June 10 for the Club World Cup. Arnold was scheduled to join England next week for the World Cup qualifiers against Andorra a week later and a friendly against Senegal three days later, and Real Madrid hopes he will be officially his player by then.

Liverpool rejected Real Madrid's request to sign Alexander Arnold in the January transfer window. The club refused to negotiate and made every effort to win the Premier League championship. Later, it was reported that Real Madrid was willing to pay 20 million pounds for the player half a year ago.

Meanwhile, former Liverpool assistant coach Linders is considering joining Guardiola's coaching staff at Manchester City. Linders left Anfield at the same time as Jurgen Klopp a year ago to take over the role of Red Bull Salzburg head coach, but was fired in December for poor performance at the beginning of the season. Linders, 42, had previously been interviewed by Norwich City to compete for the open position at the Championship club, but Norwich eventually chose Bristol City's Liam Manning.

The connection with Manchester City stems from the club's search for a restructuring of the coaching team after Guardiola's assistants Juanma Lelo and Inigo Dominguez left the team after their contract expired. In addition, Carlos Vessenz has left the team and headed to Braga Sports Portugal as head coach. In addition to Linders, Manchester City is also considering promoting Khloe Toure, who returned to the club as an assistant coach of the U18 last season.