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He didn't want to be a distraction, and with the Premier League title now wrapped up, he has spoken publicly about the situation.

Though it has not yet been confirmed where he will be heading, it is something of an open secret that it will be Real Madrid.

For Liverpool, it’s a terrible, terrible situation they find themselves in."

Liverpool was not likely to make Alexander-Arnold a higher-paid player than Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk — and nor should it have — but it did make large proposals to its number 66.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold takes a throw-in during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester United.

Real Madrid did make an offer but it was flatly rejected out of hand.

Accepting it would have risked derailing a season in which Liverpool has since won the league title, and it wouldn't have been worth the gamble.

And though it could in theory have cashed in even earlier if it knew that Alexander-Arnold was thinking about moving on, there is no guarantee that Real Madrid would have offered a substantial fee back then — it hasn't, generally, in recent transfer sagas.

The Reds are not pleased to be losing a unique talent and Alexander-Arnold will be impossible to replace directly

As the celebrations continue because of the Premier League title win, though, it is a difficult position to successfully argue, as Wright has, that Liverpool finds itself in a "terrible" situation right now
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