Liverpool news: ‘Fans are gutted with Trent Alexander-Arnold news’

Liverpool fan Abigail Rudkin says reports that Trent Alexander-Arnold is set to leave the club for Real Madrid have left fans feeling “devastated” despite it being the news a lot of them were expecting.

Speaking about the news to BBC Radio Merseyside, Rudkin said: “It’s very sad for Liverpool fans – it’s put a bit of a dampener on the title.

“Not a very big dampener but it does have that feeling of last game of the season are we going to give Trent some sort of goodbye?

“The parade if we do win the league, does that have some sad emotion to it? Some bittersweet emotion about it if he’s walking away with the Premier League trophy under his arms.

“But, we have been expecting it. This season Virgil [Van Dijk] stopped in the mixed zone and said he wanted to stay, [Mohamed] Salah’s stopped and said we’re far away from what he wants but that he does want to stay.

“Trent didn’t do that – he stayed very quiet all season and articles came out saying he didn’t want it being played out in the media but the opposite has happened – it’s created more speculation than anyone wanted which has led us to where we are now with everyone saying he’s agreed to go there.

“He’s said so many times that he wanted to finish his career at Liverpool but something changed this year and he picked wanting to win the Ballon d’Or rather than achievements with Liverpool.

“I thought in that moment it changed a bit to the Trent Alexander-Arnold show – looking after himself and what he can achieve. I think he feels he can win the Ballon d’Or at Madrid but I don’t think so – I think there’s other players that can get there before him.

“As a Liverpool fan you’re just devastated to see he’s made that decision – but he has won everything there is to win at Liverpool.

“We are all living vicariously through Trent and now he has decided Madrid is the new dream – that’s why we’re all gutted.”

Listen to the interview here