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Trent Alexander-Arnold has already played three games for Real Madrid(Image: Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images)

Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has conceded that the club hierarchy were disappointed when Trent Alexander-Arnold informed them he wanted to leave.

Alexander-Arnold turned down the offer of a new contract with his boyhood club in order to join Real Madrid this summer.

While he was originally set to join Real as a free agent when his Liverpool deal expired on June 30, Alexander-Arnold ended up leaving earlier.



Emotions were high in the final few games of the season and Werner has admitted that owners Fenway Sports Group were similarly upset initially.

"We do respect the fact that Trent has moved on,” Werner told The Liverpool Echo.

“I told someone recently this story about seeing Trent on the last weekend of the season, with Billy [Hogan, chief executive] and I just wanted him to know from me personally we are and were as a club thankful for all his contributions.

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"He showed me a picture when he was seven years old, when he was a young kid at the academy, and I have a lot of fondness for all that he has done and so it is time for him to move and time for us to replace him.

"We do wish him well and I understand the emotions of supporters who were disappointed and we were disappointed too but it is overshadowed by my wonderful memories of him.

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"I'll never forget that pass he made, the corner he took, for the fourth goal against Barcelona.

That was just a work of genius and as a football fan, watching some of his assists, the way he would pass the ball 30-plus yards to a specific point and create a goal was just...no wonder Real Madrid are delighted!"

Tom Werner was disappointed to see Trent Alexander-Arnold leave(Image: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Alexander-Arnold has made three appearances for Real at the Club World Cup and is trying to get used to his new team-mates and the language barrier.

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