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It will also be a time of churn off the pitch at the Bernabeu, with legendary coach Carlo Ancelotti expected to leave at the end of the season.
Why leave the stability and success of Liverpool for a time of transition at Real Madrid?
The answer is simple. The lure of Real Madrid is almost always irresistible.
In 2023, Bellingham was being courted by every major club in Europe before
England right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has confirmed he will leave Premier League champions Liverpool at the end of the season.
The 26-year-old, who has been at the club since he was six, is out of contract on 30 June and is expected to join Real Madrid.
“After 20 years at Liverpool Football Club, now is the time for me to confirm that I will be leaving at the end of the
“Since I joined the club, he has been a fantastic player and there’s a lot of good things that he will always be remembered for if he decides to leave,” said Van Dijk.
“Whatever may happen in the future for him, that’s something he has to resolve with himself and the family.
“But he’s a Liverpool player at this point and he’s important for our team.”
Second-half substitute Alexander-Arnold scored
It took him five minutes to release the pressure valve, of sorts, that had been building as the doomed Foxes frustrated Liverpool.
The scenes that followed will be tantalising ones for any Liverpool fan who clings to the hope Alexander-Arnold will reject the advances of Real Madrid.
Could there still be a late twist in Alexander-Arnold’s long-running contract situation?
Could the wild celebrations, and the communion between Alexander-Arnold and those
Arne Slot believes keeping his Liverpool team together would mark a “big summer” for the club as he insisted Trent Alexander-Arnold’s future is still “not done”.
The Reds have secured captain Virgil van Dijk and leading scorer Mohamed Salah on new two-year deals, but there is uncertainty around the future of right-back Alexander Arnold because his contract expires in the summer.
“It’s already a big summer now,” said Slot. “It
Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has returned to training before their Premier League fixture with Leicester City on Sunday.
The 26-year-old England international has been absent since he sustained an ankle injury in Liverpool’s Champions League last-16 defeat by Paris St-Germain in March.
Reds boss Arne Slot previously said he expected Alexander-Arnold to be back before the end of the season, but did not put a specific timeframe on when
Liverpool manager Arne Slot says defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is “fully focused” on returning to fitness following reports that he in talks to join Real Madrid.
BBC Sport understands that Alexander-Arnold, who is out of contract at the end of the season, is in advanced talks with Real Madrid over a free transfer to the Bernabeu.
The full-back missed England’s World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia after sustaining an ankle
I get why Liverpool fans are upset and even angry at the thought of Alexander-Arnold leaving – all supporters like to see local lads coming through at their club, and they never like to see them being sold.
I feel like it is the fact he would be going on a free which has upset them the most, but that situation is down to Liverpool as well as Alexander-Arnold.
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There have been few transfer sagas in recent history that have divided fan opinion quite like this.
“[I] can’t believe the negativity directed towards Trent Alexander-Arnold and his potential move away from Liverpool,” former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock wrote on X.
“I’ve seen comments like ‘he should be ashamed’ and he’s ‘not loyal to the club’. [They] are deluded.
“He’s entitled to make his own choices and challenge himself in
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool): This is the first time you’re going to hear me say this and probably the last. I was at the game and I would pay a huge amount of money to watch that. He was incredible: passing range, fitness, endeavour, defensive work as well as attacking work. He hit the bar. I thought he was excellent. Player of the weekend by a country mile.
Josko Gvardiol (Manchester