Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version or go back to LFC Live.net

Furious Liverpool fans have compared Trent Alexander-Arnold to Michael Owen and Steve McManaman after the right-back announced on Monday he will leave the club at the end of the season.

Two-time Premier League champion Alexander-Arnold is expected to join Real Madrid as a free agent after reaching the end of his contract.

While Salah and Van Dijk have cemented their legendary status at Anfield by putting pen to paper on new two-year contracts, Alexander-Arnold has been compared by fans to former Reds stars who were tempted away from the club by the allure of Los Blancos and the Santiago Bernabeu.

"Worse than Owen, worse than Mcmanaman," one wrote on social media.

Steve McManaman and Michael Owen, I guess."

.

Michael Owen and Steve Mcmanaman both quit Liverpool to join Real Madrid.

The former Ballon d'Or winner would fuel fans' anger further a few years later when he joined rivals Manchester United and won a Premier League title.

Star winger McManaman would be accused of greed by Liverpool fans amid a long-running contract saga in the late 1990s, and he would eventually move to Madrid on a free transfer in 1999, winning two La Liga titles and a pair of Champions Leagues.

The crux of many fans' disappointment is that Alexander-Arnold will leave as a free agent, meaning Liverpool do not receive a transfer fee

He’s a rat on the same level as Owen and McManaman."

Another said: "[Fernando] Torres, [Luis] Suarez and [Phillipe] Coutinho all signed new contracts so the club could get properly compensated if we were s---- and they wanted to leave whereas local lads like McManaman, Owen and now Trent f----- us over instead."

Read More
For more news relating to Manchester United, visit our sister site MUFC Live.