Why is Trent set to leave Liverpool for nothing?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 27 March 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
One of football’s worst kept secrets could soon be resolved as Real Madrid look to close a deal to sign Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold.
So how did it get to this, the Reds losing a homegrown asset in the prime of his career on a free transfer and where will he fit at the Bernabeu?
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic’s football correspondent David Ornstein, Liverpool correspondent James Pearce and Phil Hay to delve into the detail around the increased activity regarding Alexander-Arnold’s future.
Plus, the panel are joined by Real Madrid writer Guillermo Rai to discuss the possibility of a move to the Bernabeu including the use of the media in persuading players to head to the Spanish capital.
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: David Ornstein, James Pearce, Phil Hay and Guillermo Rai
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Guy Clarke
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| 1:14.1 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Iyo Akim Woleri. |
| 1:17.5 | One of football's worst kept secrets could soon be resolved as Real Madrid looked to close a deal to sign Liverpool's Trent Alexander Arnold. |
| 1:25.1 | So how did it get to this? |
| 1:26.8 | The Reds losing a homegrown asset in the prime of his career on a free transfer. |
| 1:31.4 | And where will he fit at the Bernabal? |
| 1:39.0 | With us, we have the Athletics football correspondent David Ornstein, who broke the news of Real Madrid looking to seal the deal for Trent Alexander Arnold, our Liverpool correspondent James Pierce, and also our newsletter lead writer Phil Hay as well. David, Monday, you were picking up two awards at the sports journalism celebrations. And then Tuesday, you're breaking the news of Trent Alexander Arnold. Man, you need to start celebrating yourself. Let the work go for a |
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