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Real confirm 6-year deal with Alexander-Arnold ahead of Club World Cup
Gulf Today
|May 31, 2025
Trent Alexander-Arnold said leaving Liverpool was the 'most difficult decision' in his life, but joining Real Madrid is usually one of the easiest to make.
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The record 15-time Champions League winners are the world's most successful club and joining them as a player is widely viewed as reaching the pinnacle of the game.
In 2003, Real signed David Beckham from Manchester United -- a player Alexander-Arnold has sometimes been likened to for his passing range and crossing ability.
"It's not the case that other teams are bad, it's just that Real Madrid are the greatest," England international Jude Bellingham said after he joined from Dortmund in 2023.
The presence of Bellingham, a compatriot and close friend, certainly increased Real's appeal for Alexander-Arnold whose highly-anticipated arrival was formally announced on Friday.
The Liverpool academy graduate won it all at Anfield but his chances of winning silverware more regularly are boosted with Los Blancos, so he took the risk of leaving his boyhood club.
This story is from the May 31, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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