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Liverpool vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold has confirmed what has felt likely for some time: he will be leaving Anfield, and his boyhood club, at the end of the season when his contract expires.

Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk have both put pen to paper on new contracts in recent weeks but Real Madrid has long lingered in the background for Alexander-Arnold.

"Then you have the group of multiple European Cup winners just below including AC Milan, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Manchester United, constantly jockeying for position, suffering their highs and lows, but always a pull for the top players and managers.

"Those footballers who are good enough to have established themselves as icons at those historic clubs might believe there is only one small step left to take to get to the biggest in the world.

Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jarell Quansah during Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool.

Michael Owen is one obvious example of a player who is no longer associated with just one club because his career saw him play for Real Madrid and Manchester United after Liverpool.

"My response to that is who is really the naive and deluded one when analysing how fans feel about such transfers?

"Would Manchester United have been happy to see Ryan Giggs or Paul Scholes leave in their prime for Real Madrid.

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