Move a Real dream come true for Trent

TRENT Alexander-Arnold admitted Real Madrid was the only team he would have left boyhood club Liverpool for - and was comfortable he made the right decision.

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The 26-year-old, who has signed a six-year deal after Real paid £8.5m to release him from a contract expiring this month, rejected suggestions he had been heavily influenced by close friend Jude Bellingham.

He also denied he had been orchestrating the move for a long time but impressing president Florentino Perez and assembled club dignitaries by surprisingly addressing them in Spanish did nothing to calm the anger a significant section of the fanbase have felt about the way he handled his exit after 20 years at Liverpool.

"To be honest, it was never a question of where, it was whether to go or not to go but I always knew, I've probably known it for a long time, if I was ever to leave Liverpool, it would only be to go Real Madrid, that would be the only club for me," said Alexander-Arnold, who told a press conference he had been learning Spanish "for a few months".