Real Madrid set to present Alexander-Arnold

Trent Alexander-Arnold volition beryllium presented arsenic a Real Madrid subordinate connected Thursday, aft signing a six-year declaration astatine the club.

Madrid confirmed Alexander-Arnold's accomplishment past month, aft reaching an statement with Liverpool to merchandise the defender, 26, from his declaration aboriginal up of the Club World Cup.

The England planetary volition formally motion his declaration astatine Madrid -- acceptable to tally until June 30, 2031 -- connected Thursday, earlier being presented by president Florentino Perez astatine the club's Valdebebas grooming ground, and facing questions from the media successful a quality conference.

Alexander-Arnold near Liverpool aft spending 20 years astatine Anfield, establishing himself arsenic 1 of the world's astir high-profile full-backs and winning 9 trophies, including the 2019 Champions League and the 2020 and 2025 Premier League titles.

He has featured for England astatine 3 large tournaments: the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and Euro 2024.

Alexander-Arnold has been a semipermanent people for Madrid, and joins aft opting not to renew his declaration astatine Anfield. ESPN reported that the LaLiga nine tried to motion the right-back successful January -- arsenic they looked to regenerate injured skipper Dani Carvajal, absent since October -- but that effort was rebuffed by Liverpool.

The Premier League champions aboriginal confirmed that Alexander-Arnold had informed them that helium would not beryllium signing a caller woody -- saying helium needed "a caller challenge" -- and Madrid past negotiated an aboriginal merchandise earlier his declaration was owed to expire connected June 30, to alteration him to instrumentality portion successful the Club World Cup.

A root told ESPN that Madrid had agreed to wage a €10 cardinal interest ($11.5m), though neither nine made the fig public. Madrid believed Alexander-Arnold's information successful the tourney successful the United States would assistance him accommodate to the team, sources said, arsenic good arsenic boosting their chances of occurrence successful the competition.

Madrid person besides brought successful centre-back Dean Huijsen up of the Club World Cup, arsenic caller manager Xabi Alonso looks to rebuild the team's defence.

The nine person besides been moving connected deals for Benfica defender Álvaro Carreras and River Plate's Franco Mastantuono, though some players person travelled to the United States with their existent clubs.