Reds bank £10m for Trent

ANFIELD CHIEFS THRASH OUT DEAL WITH REAL

- By PAUL GORST LFC Correspondent

TRENT Alexander-Arnold will join Real Madrid when the transfer window opens on Sunday in a deal worth £10m for Liverpool.

In a move that has been widely expected for some time, the development was confirmed on Friday, with the Reds set to bank £10m for a player whose contract expires on June 30.

It means the Reds aren't losing their vice captain as a free agent and is a welcome boost to the coffers, with los Blancos desperate to get the right-back in before the start of the lucrative and revamped Club World Cup in the United States, which begins in mid-June.

Due to the new-look nature of the FIFA tournament, the worldwide transfer window opens officially for 10 days from Sunday, June 1, which has allowed Real Madrid to complete the deal for Alexander-Arnold in time for their first game of the competition, against the Saudi Pro League's Al-Hilal on June 18.

Initial reports earlier this month claimed the La Liga giants were willing to make a payment of £850,000 to get Alexander-Arnold on board earlier than anticipated.

However, Liverpool have managed to negotiate his departure to the point where they will now receive a one-off payment worth more than 11 times that initial offer to cancel their registration of the player 29 days earlier.

It's also thought the Reds will save somewhere in the region of £800,000 on wages for the outgoing Alexander-Arnold.