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Liverpool did not want this news, but at least the saga looks to be at an end: Trent Alexander-Arnold is on his way to Real Madrid in the summer.



Hint One: Alexander-Arnold's 2021 contract extension

The first big hint that Alexander-Arnold might have his eye on one day leaving Liverpool came as far back as 2021.



Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool after he Signs a New Contract with Liverpool on July 30, 2021.

Hint Three: Alexander-Arnold signing a Real Madrid jersey

Just three weeks ago, Robbie Fowler refused to sign a Man United jersey while at a golf tournament

He's been retired for years.

Yet Alexander-Arnold had no such reservations about leaving a scribble on a Real Madrid jersey last summer, while holidaying with Jude Bellingham

He made a young fan happy, and Liverpool would need to be pretty thin-skinned to feel disrespected by the harmless gesture.

But taken alongside other clues, this was a sign that Alexander-Arnold was happy to have his name associated with Real Madrid