Real Madrid announce Trent Alexander-Arnold transfer as Liverpool rake in staggering fee for letting star go early
LIVERPOOL
have agreed to let
Trent Alexander-Arnold
join
Real Madrid
early in a deal worth £10million.
The England right-back was set to join the 15-time Kings of Europe for free on June 30 - but the LaLiga giants wanted him for the Club World Cup.
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Liverpool could bank £10million to let Trent Alexander-Arnold leave early
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The expanded Club World Cup in the USA begins 16 days before Alexander-Arnold's contract expires.
And Madrid have since agreed to pay around £300,000-per-day to bag the 26-year-old a month early.
He will move when the special window opens on Sunday.
Madrid will make a single payment of £8.4m (€10m) and pay his June wages - all adds up to £10m (€11.9m).
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Madrid were originally offering just £840,000, but Liverpool held firm for more.
Alexander-Arnold will reportedly earn £240,000-per-week on a six-year deal, with his release clause set at
€1BILLION
or £840million.
A statement from the club read: "The full-back is now set to join the La Liga club ahead of the expiry of his Reds contract this summer.
"Liverpool will receive a fee for his services, with the deal to be concluded once the window opens on June 1.
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"Alexander-Arnold leaves Liverpool with the club appreciative and grateful for his contribution to those successes."
Carlo Ancelotti's replacement Xavi
Alonso
wanted
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Alexander-Arnold won two Prem titles at Liverpool
Fifa has created a special transfer window from June 1 to June 10 specifically for the Club World Cup.
Alexander-Arnold
is due to link up with the England squad next week for the World Cup qualifier against Andorra a week on Saturday.
England play a friendly against Senegal at Nottingham Forest's ground three days later.
Liverpool fans have been fuming about losing a world-class player for free, even
Alexander-Arnold was given a more warm goodbye on the final day of the season,
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