Liverpool are prepared to allow Trent Alexander-Arnold to join Real Madrid before this summer's Club World Cup, a report has revealed, with the Reds laying out their demands for such a deal. It emerged in March that Alexander-Arnold was closing in on a move to Madrid when his Liverpool contract expires,

To register Trent before the Club World Cup starts on 14 June, Madrid would need to pay Liverpool some kind of compensation.

Liverpool's title celebrations made one thing clearer about Trent Alexander-Arnold's looming departure. They made another aspect much harder to understand.