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Liverpool transfer news as reports suggest Trent Alexander-Arnold has agreed personal terms with Real Madrid.
Trent Alexander-Arnold has agreed personal terms with Real Madrid, it has been claimed.
The Liverpool vice-captain’s future has dominated the headlines throughout the season. That is despite the Reds being on their way to emphatically lifting the Premier League title as they currently sit 12 points clear at the top of the table.
Alexander-Arnold, along with fellow key players Virgil van Dijk and Mo Salah, is out of contract at the end of June. The right-back’s situation is different to his team-mates, however, as he is a homegrown player from the city. Alexander-Arnold has come through Liverpool’s academy ranks to win every trophy possible with his boyhood club. Yet as things stand, he faces leaving the Reds on a free transfer.
Real Madrid have been strong admirers of the 26-year-old and even had an enquiry rebuffed before the January transfer window opened. But there has been a growing feeling that Alexander-Arnold will depart Anfield at the culmination of his deal and move to the Santiago Bernabeu. Certainly, several Spanish reports have suggested that will be the case.
However, it is now claimed that Alexander-Arnold has thrashed out contract details. According to Sacha Tavolieri for Sky Sport Switzerland, the England international will move to Los Blancos on July 1 and sign a five-year deal. It is suggested that he will earn a salary of 15 million euros at Real - supposedly four million euros more than his current Liverpool deal.
It is claimed that Liverpool have ‘repeated attempts to reopen negotiations’ but Alexander-Arnold’s mind to join Real has been made up.