'It is all just very odd - and I am entitled to feel as much'
'It is all just very odd - and I am entitled to feel as much'
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I knew it was going to happen, but I am angrier that I thought I would be.
Heading to Real Madrid for a challenge and to get out of your comfort zone? Do me a favour. It is the easiest club to play for in the world. You are going to win something almost every season, regardless of how well you do.
And the thing that really grates is this: Real Madrid are Liverpool's rivals.
They have beaten us twice in Champions League finals which Trent Alexander-Arnold played in.
He was in red when Sergio Ramos injured Mo Salah and Loris Karius in 2018. And with the new Champions League format, you can guarantee the two sides will meet at least a few times in the next five to six years.
It is not Sol Campbell going from Tottenham to Arsenal, but he is still joining a legitimate rival.
Why? Liverpool have just won the Premier League. How can a Scouser who stood on the pitch and saw the celebrations in Anfield last Sunday believe he is better off elsewhere?
Obviously, he is entitled to make his own decisions, but it is silly. He has tarnished a legacy and will never be looked at the same by the fans.
Salah and Virgil van Dijk, better players and foreigners who grew up in different countries, chose to renew their deals. Trent, Scouser, decided to join Real Madrid. And he has waited until now to tell us.
Why did he do that 'stop talking' gesture when he scored at Christmas? Why did he take his shirt off when he scored against Leicester City a few weeks back?
It is all just very odd - and I am entitled to feel as much.
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