Trent Alexander-Arnold changes to Real Madrid. So that the 26-year-old can play at the club World Cup, Real apparently pays a double-digit million sum.
Trent Alexander-Arnold moves from Liverpool FC to Real Madrid and is already playing at the club World Cup for the royal games. As the Spanish football record champion announced, the 26-year-old English international receives a contract until the end of June 2031.
Because the work paper of the previous Liverpooler already applies from this Sunday, the right-back may also appear at the FIFA World Cup for Real in a good two weeks.
Ten million euros for a month?
Liverpool confirmed that he had collected a transfer for Alexander Arnold without naming the amount of the amount. According to media reports, it should be ten million euros. Because Alexander-Arnold’s contract expired on the island, he would have been free of charge on July 1st.
The defender played in the Liverpool youth at the age of six and won nine titles with the Reds, including the Champions League 2019 under the then team manager Jürgen Klopp. Alexander-Arnold was on the pitch in 354 competitive games for Liverpool and scored 23 goals.
Liverpool party was “the hardest decision” for Alexander-Arnold
Alexander-Arnold had already said goodbye to his heart club at the beginning of May after 20 years of belonging. “Without question, this is the most difficult decision that I have ever made in my life,” he wrote to X.
For Real’s defensive around national player Antonio Rüdiger, Alexander-Arnold is the second new one. Madrid had previously signed Spanish international Dean Huijsen from the AFC Bournemouth for around 60 million euros.