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Trent Alexander-Arnold has left Liverpool for Real Madrid(Image: Getty Images)

Trent Alexander-Arnold will reportedly earn a major bonus if he helps Real Madrid win the Club World Cup after they paid Liverpool an eight-figure fee to sign the defender before the tournament gets underway next month.

Alexander-Arnold was set to join Madrid on a free transfer when his Liverpool deal expired on June 30, but it was announced on Friday that they have agreed to pay the Reds a total of £10million to sign him a month early.

Madrid are paying an £8.4m fee and his remaining wages in order to have Alexander-Arnold available for the entirety of the Club World Cup.



And according to a report from Spanish outlet AS, Madrid view the Club World Cup as the 'most important' competition of the season.

It is claimed Madrid are desperate to win the first edition of the newly revamped tournament, having been the inaugural winners of the European Cup in 1956 and the Intercontinental Cup in 1960.

As a result, the report claims that Madrid are set to pay each player a bonus of around €1m (£843,000) if they lift the trophy on July 13.

The tournament will also mark the start of the Xabi Alonso era after he replaced Carlo Ancelotti in the dugout.

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Alonso, who spent five seasons at the club as a player, has signed a three-year deal to replace Ancelotti after an impressive stint in charge of Bayer Leverkusen that saw him guide them to their first Bundesliga title.

And Alonso is hoping his time in charge will get off to a perfect start by winning the Club World Cup.

It's the first Club World Cup and the ambition is complete.

"If we can bring together those two things then it can be a very good start, and as of today that is what I have in mind.

That's what we have come for."

Xabi Alonso is Madrid's new manager(Image: Image Photo Agency/Getty Images)

Alonso also paid tribute to his predecessor Ancelotti, having been managed by the Italian during spells at both Madrid and Bayern Munich.

We can achieve big things worthy of Real Madrid and all they have won in the past."

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