{"id":15319,"date":"2025-05-05T14:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T09:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=594385"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T09:24:15","slug":"trent-alexander-arnold-set-to-join-real-madrid-after-26-year-old-confirms-liverpool-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/trent-alexander-arnold-set-to-join-real-madrid-after-26-year-old-confirms-liverpool-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Trent Alexander-Arnold set to join Real Madrid after 26-year-old confirms Liverpool exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"530\">In a major development in the football transfer world, Trent Alexander-Arnold has officially announced his decision to leave Liverpool FC at the end of the 2024-25 season, ending a 20-year-long association with the club. The England right-back is now poised to join La Liga giants Real Madrid, with the deal reported to be in its final stages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"847\">According to renowned football journalist Fabrizio Romano, Real Madrid have long earmarked Trent as a top priority and are currently preparing all the necessary documentation for the move. The formal contract is expected to be signed soon, making Alexander-Arnold a Real Madrid player by the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid, here we go! \ud83d\udca3\u26aa\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Decision to leave Liverpool now confirmed as Trent says goodbye to the club after winning one more PL title.<\/p>\n<p>Documents being prepared for Trent to join Real Madrid on a 5 year contract, verbal agreement done. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IkmL1VIhWE\">pic.twitter.com\/IkmL1VIhWE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1919317323673928091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"933\">In an emotional video shared on social media, the Liverpool academy graduate said,<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"1126\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"936\" data-end=\"1126\">\u201cAfter 20 years at Liverpool Football Club, now is the time for me to confirm that I will be leaving at the end of the season. This is easily the hardest decision I\u2019ve ever made in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1172\">He explained his decision further, adding,<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1391\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1391\">\u201cThis club has been my whole life \u2013 my whole world \u2013 for 20 years. But this decision is about experiencing a new challenge, taking myself out of my comfort zone and pushing myself both professionally and personally.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1393\" data-end=\"1628\">The 25-year-old has been an integral part of Liverpool\u2019s modern era, contributing significantly to their domestic and European successes, including the Champions League triumph in 2019 and the long-awaited Premier League title in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1630\" data-end=\"1821\">Trent also addressed the delay in announcing his decision, saying his priority was the team and its goal of securing a 20th league title. He concluded with a heartfelt message of gratitude:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1822\" data-end=\"2016\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1824\" data-end=\"2016\">\u201cFrom the bottom of my heart, I thank everybody \u2013 my coaches, my managers, my teammates, the staff and our incredible supporters \u2013 for the last 20 years. My love for this club will never die.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2018\" data-end=\"2158\">The move marks a new chapter in his career as he prepares to join a Real Madrid side already brimming with young talent and global ambition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major development in the football transfer world, Trent Alexander-Arnold has officially announced his decision to leave Liverpool FC\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":36597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2430],"class_list":["post-15319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-trent-alexander-arnold"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}