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The feel-good factor at Liverpool has been impossible to deny after the Reds won the Premier League last Sunday.
Having waited more than three decades to celebrate a league title with their players, Liverpool supporters have been soaking in every moment.
Sunday was a sensational day at Anfield, with fans making memories that will last until their dying days.
For the players, too, it was clearly a big deal.
The Liverpool squad revelled in the party atmosphere and deservedly lapped up the adulation of the Kop.
Having had so much negativity surrounding him for so much of the last few months, it was fascinating to see the reactions of Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Alexander-Arnold looked as delighted as anyone to have secured another Premier League title.
And as the reality of that situation comes back into focus, Liverpool have made something clear to their No.66.
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Alexander-Arnold’s moments with the Anfield crowd last week have definitely taken some of the sting out of the feeling towards the Liverpool academy graduate.
Nevertheless, his exit to join a huge European rival will still – rightly – be treated with contempt by many.
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In the Spanish press, they have not stopped to take in Liverpool’s title win, but have continued to deliver updates on if and, crucially, when Alexander-Arnold will join Real.
AS have been one of the outlets constantly declaring the Scouser to be a Madrid player in all but name and they have now reported on the inner workings of Los Blancos attempts to sign Alexander-Arnold before the Club World Cup in June.
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They claim Liverpool have no issue in allowing Alexander-Arnold out of his contract several weeks early, but they have two demands in order for it to happen.
The first is that Alexander-Arnold will have to forego his wages for the last month of his deal.
The second is that Real Madrid offer a token compensation, which is expected to be under one million Euros.
Given that the Club World Cup starts on June 10th, we could be seeing Alexander-Arnold in a Real Madrid kit far sooner than anyone expected.
At this stage there has still publicly been no decision on where the right-back will be playing next season.
But as AS report, while Liverpool still hold onto a tiny amount of hope that he may stay, Alexander-Arnold to Madrid is ‘practically closed.’
As a result, it probably serves Liverpool fine to just get it done as soon as possible.
If the Reds’ conditions are met, then Alexander-Arnold should go early.
That is likely to feel like another barb towards supporters from one of their own.