Trent Alexander-Arnold announces Liverpool exit

Trent Alexander-Arnold has announced helium volition permission Liverpool astatine the extremity of the play erstwhile his declaration with the nine expires.

Defender Alexander-Arnold, who has been with the Reds since signing astatine the property of six successful 2004, has been heavy linked with a determination to Real Madrid this summer.

The England planetary has made 352 appearances for Liverpool crossed each competitions, scoring 23 goals and notching an astonishing 92 assists.

Alexander-Arnold helped Liverpool to 8 large honours, including the Champions League and this year’s Premier League title, which was the 2nd top-flight crown of his career.

The 26-year-old has registered much assists (64) than immoderate different defender successful Premier League history, 5 much than team-mate Andy Robertson successful second.

Leighton Baines (85) is the lone subordinate to person much extremity contributions among defenders successful the English top-flight than Alexander-Arnold (82).

Alexander-Arnold has besides created 514 chances successful the Premier League, 194 of which person travel from set-pieces. Only Baines (635 and 232 respectively) has more.

Trent Alexander-Arnold has informed Liverpool FC of his volition to permission the nine this summertime upon the expiry of his existent contract.

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 5, 2025

Alexander-Arnold started this play arsenic 1 of the 3 cardinal Liverpool players who were owed to beryllium retired of declaration aft the 2024-25 campaign.

And portion Liverpool managed to widen prima guardant Mohamed Salah and skipper Virgil van Dijk’s deals by 2 years, they volition present suffer Alexander-Arnold for nary fee.

“After 20 years astatine Liverpool Football Club, present is the clip for maine to corroborate that I volition beryllium leaving astatine the extremity of the season,” Alexander-Arnold said successful a connection posted to X.

“This is easy the hardest determination I’ve ever made successful my life.

“I cognize galore of you person wondered wherefore oregon been frustrated that I haven’t spoken astir this yet, but it was ever my volition to support my afloat absorption connected the team’s champion interests, which was securing [league title] No.20.

“This nine has been my full beingness – my full satellite – for 20 years. From the Academy close done until now, the enactment and emotion I person felt from everyone wrong and extracurricular of the nine volition enactment with maine forever. I volition everlastingly beryllium successful indebtedness to you all.

“But, I person ne'er known thing other and this determination is astir experiencing a caller challenge, taking myself retired of my comfortableness portion and pushing myself some professionally and personally.

“I’ve fixed my each all azygous time I’ve been astatine this club, and I anticipation you consciousness similar I’ve fixed backmost to you during my clip here.

“From the bottommost of my heart, I convey everybody – my coaches, my managers, my teammates, the unit and our unthinkable supporters – for the past 20 years.

“I’ve been blessed capable to unrecorded retired my dreams here, and I volition never, ever instrumentality for granted the peculiar moments I’ve been fortunate capable to person lived done with you all.

“My emotion for this nine volition ne'er die.”