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Trent Alexander-Arnold signs for Real Madrid

Trent Alexander-Arnold clapping fans.Getty Images

Real Madrid have signed Trent Alexander-Arnold on a six-year deal.

The defender announced earlier this month that he was leaving Liverpool at the end of the season.

The Spanish club are thought to have paid the Reds around £8.5million to end his contract early.

The payment means that the right-back can Real in time to play in the Fifa Club World Cup tournament, which starts in June.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold smiling and lifting the Premier League trophy last weekend.Getty Images

Alexander-Arnold, a lifelong Liverpool fan, ed the club's academy after being spotted at the age of six.

He played his first match for the senior team at 18 and made more than 300 appearances for the Reds.

While Alexander-Arnold played for Liverpool, the club won two Premier League titles, the Champions League, Fifa Club World Cup, Uefa Super Cup, FA Cup and the League Cup.

But earlier this month he said he had decided to leave to experience a "new challenge" and said it was "the hardest decision" he'd ever made in his life.

Alexander-Arnold will England team-mate Jude Bellingham who also plays for Real Madrid - plus former Liverpool and Real legend Xabi Alonso, who was unveiled as the new Real manager earlier this week.

Fifa approved an additional transfer window for this summer, in order to allow teams to new players for the new Club World Cup, which starts on 14 June in the United States.