Trent Alexander-Arnold finally completed a switch from Liverpool to Real Madrid and eventually earned the Reds a surprisingly large transfer allowance for the Club World Cup
Gary Neville is amazed by Liverpool, who is rigging in £ 10 million for Trent Alexander-Arnold-Et, that the full-back has only one month about his contract. Real Madrid announced the signature of the full-back for the opening of the transfer window.
Alexander-Arnold, 26, goes to the Spanish capital to join Los Blancos on time before the start of the club World Cup. Real wanted to secure his signature early early and saw an approach to the Reds rejected in January.
The Nieuwe La Liga star has signed a six-year contract in the Bernabeu and Les Merengues has handed Liverpool a fee of £ 8.4 million. The Reds also save a month of the salary of Alexander-Arnold, while Real Madrid picks up the tab to see the Anfield side earn a neat £ 10 million package.
The Spanish giants will be relieved to have a right back that Federico Valverde and Lucas Vasquez have seen the role after Dani Carvajal was excluded for the season. New boss Xabi Alonso will be able to call Alexander-Arnold from the start of his term of office.
Ex-Manchester United Captain and Salford City Co-owner Neville is disbelief at the deal. But he can understand the thinking process that the hopeful club -world cup has continued.
“To be honest, no, I mean, I am really astonished that £ 10 million has changed ownership, but there is £ 100 million pounds at stake in this World Club championship and Real Madrid has a big chance to do it,” he said on the hot soccer podcast on the American overlap channel.
“So you imagine that if he plays in this tournament, they will not immediately have back who is currently playing there in a natural way. So it can be money that is well spent in four or five weeks.
“I just think it's strange that you spend £ 10 million to have a player for five or six games. It's incredible.”
Neville has so far been impressed by Liverpool's work this summer. The Reds have signed Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen and also look like to add Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez to their ranks.
He said: “I think if you are talking about winning the competition, what is it that you improve? I mean, the only thing you are going to improve if you win that the competitions of world class signs, or players who have the potential to be world class players. So signing Wirtz is fantastic.
“Frimpong and then there is also Kerkez, about their right and left situations. So to get those three done, if they would do those three fairly quickly, it would be smart things. But I would not have expected anything else from Liverpool.
“Perhaps somewhat surprised that they gone so heavy in terms of the reimbursement. They normally don't go that big, but ending it earns. He waited for 12 months until a player could draw.”