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Jude Bellingham and Real Madrid-bound Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrate during Euro 2024 for England.(Image: Matt McNulty - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)

First England, now Real Madrid teammates - Trent Alexander-Arnold has officially reunited with good friend Jude Bellingham.

It now seems eons ago, but there was once a time it was perhaps possible the duo would have been playing their football for Liverpool instead.

Rewinding to the 2022/2023 campaign, Liverpool's midfield were on their last legs and as the up-and-coming talent of both Borussia Dortmund and his national team, at the time, Bellingham was hotly linked with a stunning move as his friendship blossomed with a certain full-back at the last FIFA World Cup.

In the end, the Reds pivoted due to the scale of the rebuild they required and the sizeable £100million portion it would take to land the Englishman.

Now the ultimate mockery of those three-year-old theories has been sealed, with Alexander-Arnold moving to Real Madrid for £10m, a month before his contract was due to expire.

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Real are evidently pleased with their catch, and the prospect of their Three Lions duo linking up.

Bellingham, who has now been a Madrid player for the past two years, also liked the post.

Saying goodbye to his boyhood club for the allure of the Spanish capital, Alexander-Arnold penned in his farewell message: "To get the reception I got means more than anything to me.

I've played hundreds of games for the club, but I've never felt so loved and cared for than today.

Trent Alexander-Arnold replies to Real Madrid's post about Jude Bellingham and himself.(Image: Instagram: @realmadrid)

"From the bottom of my heart, I hope that the fans and supporters of this club will be able to recognise the hard work and everything I did for the team.

"There wasn't a day, minute or second I didn't think about the team.

20 years is a very long time but I've loved every minute - the ups and the downs.

"Coming through the academy, making it into the first team, being part of that properly, it has been a real honour and a privilege."

The 26-year-old, who was in tears on the Anfield pitch, added: "It's not sunk in [I'm leaving], it's all I've ever known.
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