AFCON 2025
Real Madrid have reached an agreement with Liverpool to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold early, enabling the right-back to be available for their entire Club World Cup campaign.
The Spanish club will pay €10 million (£8.4m) in a single payment for Alexander-Arnold, with the deal worth even more to Liverpool as they will no longer cover the remaining salary and bonuses he is owed.
🚨⚪️ Understand Real Madrid to pay transfer fee around €10m to Liverpool to have Trent Alexander-Arnold at the Club World Cup.
Real will also cover his salary for June and July as part of the agreement with Liverpool. pic.twitter.com/Y4lCeqsadX
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 30, 2025
The 26-year-old will sign a six-year contract with his new side. The deal was agreed on Monday but was delayed after a man drove into a crowd during Liverpool’s title celebrations in the city, with 79 people injured following the incident.
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Alexander-Arnold was scheduled to join the Spanish giants as a free agent after his terms at Anfield expire on June 30, which would have seen him miss Madrid’s three group-stage fixtures at the Club World Cup in the United States.
The 15-time European champions contacted Liverpool to express an interest in Alexander-Arnold being released sooner, and talks ensued to find a solution. Eventually, a compromise was struck, and the England international will now move with immediate effect.
