Booing their own? He's a Real Madrid player now

THERE is a simple truth about what happened at Anfield on Sunday - fans were not booing one of their own, they were not booing a Liverpool player... they were booing a Real Madrid player.

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ANDY DUNN

Trent Alexander-Arnold might still be under contract at Anfield but the emotional contract has finished. He might as well walk around town in his Los Blancos gear.

What is truly baffling is not that Alexander-Arnold was jeered but that a lot of people involved in football were surprised.

Really? I've actually heard ex-pros say he will go down as an Anfield legend and will be celebrated as one of the greats. No he won't.

Look, it's a super-exciting move for a wonderful footballer and a nice guy. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and who can blame him for taking it?

But that's not the way the football fan’s mind works. A Liverpool fan sees a player in his absolute prime walking away from the club because he thinks he will have a better time at another club.

They have to swallow the fact that Alexander-Arnold had the choice of playing for Liverpool or one of their main European rivals next season - and he chose the latter. Simple as that.

What did you expect fans to do? Organise a whip-round and buy him a leaving pressie? The booing was entirely predictable - and entirely acceptable.