After rumors that the full-back had decided to join the Spanish powerhouses when his contract expired, Trent Alexander-Arnold’s possible transfer from Liverpool to Real Madrid has stalled in recent weeks. The Reds could still get a fee from the 15-time Champions League winners, though, as their demands were satisfied in the most recent significant update, even if they are about to lose their homegrown hero on a free transfer.
Since Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk, two of Anfield’s best players, have signed new two-year contracts, casting doubt on their own futures, speculation over Alexander-Arnold’s future has been rampant throughout the season. In the Spanish city, the England international appears closer than ever to quitting his boyhood club to take on a new challenge.
Even though signing-on fees apply when a player leaves a team after their contract expires, Los Blancos are reportedly interested in bringing Alexander-Arnold to the Santiago Bernabeu before his Liverpool contract expires on June 30 so he can play in the redesigned Club World Cup this summer.
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Carlo Ancelotti’s team was eager to bring Alexander-Arnold to the club sooner than anticipated, shortly after it was announced that he had agreed to leave Merseyside for Madrid in exchange for a good £240,000 a week salary.
According to The Sun, Real Madrid wants to put the English right-back in their squad for this summer’s Club World Cup even though his contract at Anfield expires at the end of June. That approach is hampered by the newly formatted tournament, which is scheduled to start on June 14.
According to rumors, Real Madrid is prepared to pay the Premier League team a transfer fee in order to move the agreement closer to June 1. According to Spanish publication AS, Liverpool has informed his pursuers that they are willing to let him go as long as the player and the club have a positive relationship and the player makes it clear what he intends to do. To cover the last month of his pay, they would also like a little compensation amount of about £900,000.
With the newly crowned Premier League champions excluded from the 32-team Club World Cup, Arne Slot’s team will have already finished their season by the end of May. There might be a readiness to accept an early move because Alexander-Arnold would have already kicked his last ball in the red shirt.
However, the Scouser will be enjoying his last moments with his boyhood team in the interim. Alexander-Arnold’s late winner against Leicester City sparked wild celebrations, and a week later, he let loose against Tottenham as the Reds won their 20th league title. These flashpoints, which at one point offered his fans optimism that he had changed his mind, have since turned out to be little more than cordial farewells.
Jurgen Klopp was still the manager of Liverpool when Alexander-Arnold made the decision to leave.
According to Spanish newspaper Marca, Alexander-Arnold made the decision to leave Liverpool well before the current season began. It is believed that he was considering a move to Spain even before Jurgen Klopp made his plan to leave Anfield public.
18 months before he will finally make the transfer, in late 2023, the 26-year-old is believed to have made up his decision. The fact that Klopp, his first Reds manager, left in the summer of 2024 might have further solidified Alexander-Arnold’s selection. At the close of the 2023–24 season, he was spotted crying, which some speculated might have been his prearranged farewell to the team.
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