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Mohamed Salah has offered his reaction after Trent Alexander-Arnold was unveiled as a Real Madrid player.(Image: Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Trent Alexander-Arnold was officially unveiled as a Real Madrid player on Thursday.

The 26-year-old has signed a six-year deal after Real paid £8.5million to release him from a contract expiring this month.

The Reds academy graduate turned down an extended deal at Anfield in search of a new opportunity.



Alexander-Arnold's future became more and more unclear throughout their title-winning campaign as he was one of three high-profile unsolved contract situations in L4.

Liverpool will defend their Premier League crown next season without one of their most creative players, but Arne Slot has moved to rectify the departure, as Jeremie Frimpong joined from Bayer Leverkusen.

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Alexander-Arnold took to social media platform Instagram after the announcement to celebrate his new home posting a carousel of pictures with family and friends captioned: "Family is everything [white heart emoji]."

There were a host of comments and likes from his former Liverpool teammates - including Egypt superstar Salah - who notably extended his stay at Anfield following a blistering campaign inspiring the Reds to a second top-flight crown in five years.

Salah's response was simple, as he replied with two red heart emojis.

Article continues belowTrent Alexander-Arnold's post on social media platform Instagram.(Image: Trent/Instagram)

Speaking during Friday's press conference with reporters, the England right-back explained how it wasn't an easy decision to make the move to Real Madrid from the Reds.

"I mean, to be honest, it was never a question of where - it was always whether to go or not," he said.

"I always knew, for me, I have probably known for a long time is that if I was to ever leave Liverpool, it would only be for Real Madrid.

"They are the only club for me and then it gets to a point where you have to make a decision to go or stay.

"It wasn't easy, I am not going to say it was.

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"I had been there so long and a part of it but, eventually, you have to make a decision - and I have made the right one in my mind and I am excited about.”

He is set to make his debut during Madrid's campaign in the inaugural, revamped Club World Cup, which kicks-off against Al-Hilal.

There will be a change to the back of Alexander-Arnold's shirt as he will wear the number 12 with 'Trent' replacing his surname, as well.