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As a result, the Premier League champions will get £10m for a player who will be free in a month's time.

Real want Alexander-Arnold to play for them at the Club World Cup which begins on June 15.

Alexander-Arnold's Real release clause revealed

Exclusive by Sky Sports News senior reporter Rob Dorsett:



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"Trent Alexander-Arnold's Real Madrid contract includes a release clause worth €250m (£210m).

"The Spanish giants rate the now former Liverpool defender so highly, they wanted to tie him down to a lucrative six-year contract, which includes a weighty clause to deter any other clubs from making an approach over the duration of his contract.

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"Alexander-Arnold is 26 years old now and so will be almost 33 when his current deal expires - the player could well spend the remainder of his career at Madrid.

"Real could have waited until the end of June and taken Alexander-Arnold for free, once his Liverpool contract had expired.

"Alexander-Arnold will now join up with England on Saturday, before the national squad training camp in Spain, but he is expected to be introduced to the Bernabau crowd in a glitzy ceremony in the days after England's final game against Senegal, in Nottingham, on June 10."

'Alexander-Arnold leaves with the club grateful for his contributions'

"Liverpool FC can confirm an offer has been accepted for Trent Alexander-Arnold from Real Madrid for his transfer upon the opening of the June transfer window," said the club in a statement.

"The full-back is now set to join the LaLiga club ahead of the expiry of his Reds contract this summer.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold reflects on his 20-year journey at Liverpool coming to an end amid his summer move to Real Madrid

"Alexander-Arnold leaves Liverpool FC with the club appreciative and grateful for his contribution to those successes."

'The most expensive free transfer of all time'

Analysis by Sky Sports News Chief Reporter Kaveh Solhekol:

"It is the most expensive free transfer of all time - I thought I'd seen it all in the transfer market, but I have never seen
anything like this before.

"Real Madrid are going to pay Liverpool up to £10m just to get Trent Alexander-Arnold 29 days early - they can wait until the end of June and get him for nothing.



So the money they are paying is just to ensure they have him for the group phase as there is a mid-tournament registration phase that runs from June 27 to July 3, so Real could have waited till then to register him for the knockouts.

"From Liverpool's point of view, it makes sense as they are saying to Real, 'You are in the Club World Cup and if you win it, you stand to make £100m, we are not in it, so if you are going to take one of our star players, you are going to have to pay for him.'"

Follow the transfer window on Sky Sports

The first of two summer transfer windows is upon us - and there is no better place than Sky Sports to get all the latest transfer news and rumours.

Use the Sky Sports app and website for all your updates in our dedicated Transfer Centre and Premier League club blogs, plus live Q&As with our reporters throughout the summer.

The Transfer Show returns to Sky Sports News from Sunday June 1 for the start of the pre-Club World Cup window and will then be on every weeknight at 5pm and 7pm until the deadline on Tuesday June 10.

The summer transfer window will open again on Monday June 16 until Monday September 1 - with the deadline brought forward to 7pm this year.