The right rear of England, Trent Alexander-Arnold, confirmed that he would leave Liverpool Premier League champion at the end of the season.
The 26 -year -old, who has been at the club since the age of six, is without a contract on June 30 and is expected to join Real Madrid.
“After 20 years at the Liverpool Football Club, it's time for me to confirm that I will leave at the end of the season,” said Alexander-Arnold on social networks.
“It is easily the most difficult decision that I have ever made of my life.”
He was one of the three high-level players whose transactions in Anfield were exhausted this summer, but while Mohamed Salah and Virgil Van Dijk have signed new contracts in recent weeks, Alexander-Arnold will leave.
The defender born in Liverpool made 352 appearances scored 23 goals for the club since its inception in 2016.
He helped them win the high flight title of this season under the Arne slot machine and also won the Premier League under the former manager of Reds Jurgen Klopp in 2019-20.
His other trophies with Liverpool also include the Champions League in 2018-19, the 2022 FA Cup and two championship cups.
“This club has been all my life – my whole world – for 20 years,” added Alexander -Arnold.
“From the academy so far, the support and the love that I have felt from everyone inside and outside the club will remain with me forever. I will always be indebted in debt.
“But, I have never known anything else and this decision is to meet a new challenge, to get out of my comfort zone and to push me both professionally and personally.”
Liverpool said that Alexander-Arnold “will leave with our gratitude and our appreciation for his contribution during a period of sustained success”.
