The story of negotiations between Real Madrid and Trent Alexander-Arnold is a secret... everyone knows. Since the end of 2024, although the 26-year-old defender has not yet made a decision with Liverpool, Real Madrid has not officially opened the deal, the British and Spanish media consider it to have known the final scenario.
By January this year, when Alexander-Arnold was free to negotiate with clubs of his choice, everything was settled in the media. The Liverpool star chose to leave Anfield and his destination will be the Bernabeu.
This is the most appropriate time for Alexander-Arnold to leave because his contract will expire in June, considering that there is no legal holdings for the home team.
In the Merseyside red shirt, Alexander-Arnold has won all club-level titles. When he left as a free player, he also did not need to break through psychologically.
If Alexander-Arnold does not secretly make public his intention to Real Madrid at this time, it will put everyone in trouble. As for the 26-year-old star, he will be stuck in a state of being resentful and afraid of making a mistake with Liverpool fans.
Saying goodbye early will be less painful, Alexander-Arnold's early public announcement will cause the anger (if any) of a part of Liverpool fans to gradually subside from now until the end of the season.
As for Liverpool, although they already know that Alexander-Arnold has contacted Real Madrid, they also need their player to announce it early to calculate the personnel.
If it were not Conor Bradley, who would it be? The Kop also need to have an early replacement plan to avoid falling into a state of " just dancing until the water".
As for Real Madrid, who are considered the top in this three-way negotiation, they need Alexander-Arnold to be clear to be assured about the option of replacing Dani Carvajal in the future.
Lucas Vazquez is clearly not big enough, a star like Alexander-Arnold will solve all problems of the Los Blancos right wing.
The early announcement of the decision to leave also made Alexander-Arnold more mentally comfortable to play the key players in the remaining rounds of the Premier League. If they maintain their form, Liverpool can completely win the championship 2-3 rounds early. At that time, Alexander-Arnold's departure received less and less negative opinions from The Kop fans.
Alexander-Arnold is a player who grew up in Liverpool's youth academy, his free departure has left The Kop without any profit.
However, with his huge contributions in recent years concretized by countless titles, that is the biggest profit Alexander-Arnold has paid to the coaching staff of his home team.
Above all, Real Madrid's appeal is undeniable, Liverpool fans should thank and wish Alexander-Arnold success at that magnificent new destination.
Liverpool will miss Alexander-Arnold very much and are uncertain to have found a worthy new factor to replace him. The recent defeat to Newcastle in the League Cup final shows how serious the lack of Alexander-Arnold is.
However, that is the problem Arne Slot faces and it is also normal in football. If he had not had Alexander-Arnold, Slot would have found a worthy replacement, even better than his father, then the Dutch coach would have been much more honored.
Alexander-Arnold is at the peak of his career and has had enough at Liverpool. Life and career in Spain in the coming time do not know what color will bring, but if he does not dare to stand out at the present time, Alexander-Arnold himself may not know what he will miss.
