Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold, left, and Curtis Jones celebrate after winning the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur and clinching the Premier League title at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrates after winning the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur and clinching the Premier League title at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Liverpool at King Power stadium in Leicester, England, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
Alexander-Arnold confirms departure from Liverpool after 20 years amid Real Madrid link
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) 鈥 Trent Alexander-Arnold announced Monday he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season after 20 years at the club, with the England right back widely expected to join Real Madrid.
Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold, left, and Curtis Jones celebrate after winning the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur and clinching the Premier League title at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) 鈥 Trent Alexander-Arnold announced Monday he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season after 20 years at the club, with the England right back widely expected to join Real Madrid.
Alexander-Arnold, who has just clinched a second Premier League title with Liverpool, didn’t mention his next destination when from Anfield on his social media accounts.
He said it was 鈥渆asily the hardest decision I鈥檝e ever made in my life.鈥
鈥淭his club has been my whole life 鈥 my whole world 鈥 for 20 years,鈥 the 26-year-old Alexander-Arnold wrote. “From the academy right through until now, the support and love I have felt from everyone inside and outside of the club will stay with me forever. I will forever be in debt to you all.
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鈥淏ut, I have never known anything else and this decision is about experiencing a new challenge, taking myself out of my comfort zone and pushing myself both professionally and personally. I鈥檝e given my all every single day I鈥檝e been at this club, and I hope you feel like I鈥檝e given back to you during my time here.鈥
While and have recently signed new two-year deals with Liverpool, there was lingering uncertainty over the future of Alexander-Arnold, who was also out of contract at the end of this season.
鈥淚 know many of you have wondered why or been frustrated that I haven鈥檛 spoken about this yet,鈥 he wrote, 鈥渂ut it was always my intention to keep my full focus on the team鈥檚 best interests, which was securing (league title) No. 20.鈥
Alexander-Arnold has won every major honor with the Merseyside club, including the Premier League in 2020 and again this year, as well as the Champions League in 2019.
He was key to revolutionizing the role of a right back, with Alexander-Arnold having been Liverpool’s most creative player at times with his marauding runs down the right and his ability to come infield and pick out passes to the team’s attackers.
鈥淔rom the bottom of my heart, I thank everybody 鈥 my coaches, my managers, my teammates, the staff and our incredible supporters 鈥 for the last 20 years,鈥 Alexander-Arnold wrote.
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鈥淚鈥檝e been blessed enough to live out my dreams here and I will never, ever take for granted the special moments I鈥檝e been fortunate enough to have lived through with you all. My love for this club will never die.鈥
If he does go to Madrid, it would be on a free transfer and he’d follow in the footsteps of the likes of Steve McManaman, Michael Owen and Xabi Alonso in swapping Anfield for the Santiago Bernabeu.
Alexander-Arnold would be joining England teammate Jude Bellingham in Madrid.
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