Trent Alexander-Arnold and Liverpool squad in Dubai hotel with $33,000-a-night rooms
Eight days separate Liverpool's 2-2 draw with the Gunners and next Monday's trip to Brighton, so Arne Slot allowed himself and his players some downtime in order to continue celebrating their Premier League title win.
While Slot took the decision to head to Ibiza, where he was spotted spending time with Wayne Lineker, Liverpool's players headed to Atlantis The Royal — a luxury hotel in Dubai. Virgil van Dijk and co were pictured strolling through the hotel, as well as also spending time on a luxury yacht off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.
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Alexander-Arnold is not visible in any of the footage of the trip which has been circulating, but it is believed that he is there, as the vacation was apparently partly organized as a farewell trip for the right-back, who is set to join Real Madrid at the end of the season.
Reported to be one of the finest hotels in the world, lavish suites at Atlantis The Royal can set guests back from $9,000 to $33,000 per night when booked at short notice. The Skyscape Penthouse — the cheaper of those two options — boasts a large terrace with an infinity pool, a jacuzzi and views of the Arabian Sea.
Even the cheapest rooms at the hotel cost more than $1,000 per night; it is not clear which rooms the Liverpool players have been staying in.
While the players have been enjoying the sunny weather in the Middle East, head coach Slot has also been having plenty of fun of his own in the Balearic Islands, partying at the famous O Beach club.
Drinks can cost thousands of dollars at O Beach, which is co-owned by Wayne Lineker — the brother of former England star Gary — with the priciest item on the menu a six-liter bottle of Armand de Brignac brut, which costs €9,500 ($10,500).
A 15-liter bottle of Veuve Clicquot Nebuchadnezzar will set customers back €4,900 ($5,450), while a three-liter bottle of Dom Perignon is priced at €3,750 ($4,150).
Other outlandishly pricey items — although ones which most people could still stretch to — include a glass of fresh fruit juice, which costs a whopping €10 ($11), and a can of Red Bull, which costs €7 ($8).
Lineker shared a picture of himself alongside Slot, accompanied by the caption "Caption this #ynwa", while he also shared a video of Slot being serenaded to the tune of We Are the Champions by Queen.
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Liverpool is winless in its two games since it clinched the league last month, after allowing a two-goal lead to slip against Arsenal. Speaking after the game, Arne Slot said of the Reds' failure to close the game out: "Unfortunately, we had 15 to 20 minutes where we played with the same intensity [to the previous weekend at Chelsea, when Liverpool lost 3-1].
"It is not completely bad, but I miss a little bit – and the first 15 or 20 minutes of the second half were similar to what we saw last week, where we played really good with the ball, came into so many promising positions but in the final third we were not that decisive. And defending last week, the few goals we conceded were – let's put it positively – not so good. That I saw in the first 15 minutes after half-time, but the first half was great."
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