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Trent Alexander-Arnold has been told that some lonely times could lie ahead for him in Madrid as he prepares to bid farewell to boyhood club Liverpool.

Of course, you go to a new club where you feel slightly lonely at times, where you don't know everybody, but it's a transition I knew that I had to make.

"I knew it'd be like that, but you go into it with your eyes wide open, and you know that you have to work hard, you have to learn the language, you have to join in with your friends, you have to impress on the football field.



You know, you have to add to the history of the club you're joining.

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And likewise, Madrid - your job as a new player is to add to the history, is to win another trophy.

"Of course, away from the football whatever club he joined, he would get lots of help, you know, from player liaison officers, just to help him acclimatize and help him, you know, with relocation, etc., etc., but on the field itself, [having other English speakers] will be very handy.

"I feel, and even when I go back to Madrid now, they're both very family-oriented clubs, there's staff there that have worked at the club for 20, 30, 40, years, which is always a nice thing to see.

"You know, every time you walk around Anfield, or every time you walk around the Bernabeu, there's pictures on the wall of past history, there's always ex-players walking around