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

Alexander-Arnold has more than done his bit in ensuring a record-equalling 20th championship.

READ MORE:I'm really privileged to have been at Liverpool - leaving won't hit home until I drive out for the final timeREAD MORE:Liverpool forced into unusual transfer move that Man City have spent millions on

How the outgoing right-back is received by the Liverpool fanbase, though, remains very much open to question, given the murmurs of discontent that have started to feature in the stands during recent weeks.

The unique challenges for a local player coming through the ranks to feature in the Liverpool first team are well established.



A different set of rules apply compared to signings brought in from elsewhere.

However, should Alexander-Arnold be given a significantly frosty send-off, it seems unlikely any young hopefuls will be put off by the possible pitfalls that await breaking into the Liverpool first team.

And that is what should give Liverpool specific cause for concern.

"I'm disappointed that, as a local player, he doesn't think Liverpool are enough when they are winning," says Anfield legend Jamie Carragher.

If I was in that position where I thought I could put Liverpool above Man United in league titles, an era of domination, get closer to Real Madrid - they are a rival of Liverpool in Europe.

For the European Super League advocates, it's baffling Alexander-Arnold would even have had any second thoughts about leaving Liverpool for the prospect of moving to the Spanish capital.

Article continues below

The fact is Real Madrid are in a group of successful, trophy-winning clubs of which Liverpool are very much a current part.

Jerzy Dudek, the other player to move from Liverpool to Real Madrid, did so aged 34 as a reserve goalkeeper.

Losing a player to Real Madrid, then, is nothing new to Liverpool.