{"id":2681,"date":"2026-06-11T13:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:45:39","slug":"trent-alexander-arnold-back-to-the-premier-league-gobsmacked-transfer-claim-amid-real-madrid-regrets-for-former-liverpool-right-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2681","title":{"rendered":"Trent Alexander-Arnold back to the Premier League? \u2018Gobsmacked\u2019 transfer claim amid Real Madrid regrets for former Liverpool right-back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"C\">\n<div>\n<p><span>While Alexander-Arnold appeared to be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/mohamed-salah-liverpool-struggles-blamed-exit-key-player-look-mirror-reds\/blt17121156c955c933\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>missing Liverpool, they were missing him<\/span><\/a><span>. Jeremie Frimpong failed to convince as a right-back following his big-money move from Bayer Leverkusen, while collective issues led to a fifth-place finish and Arne Slot being relieved of his coaching duties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Having witnessed those toils from afar, and been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/biggest-stars-miss-2026-world-cup-injury-suspension-selection\/bltd6ff2d56ebf99a62\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>overlooked by England for a major tournament in North America<\/span><\/a><span>will Alexander-Arnold feel as though he made a mistake? When that question was put to former Liverpool and Three Lions star Murphy, he &#8211; speaking exclusively to <\/span><b><strong>GOAL<\/strong><\/b><span>  courtesy of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sport.netbet.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>NetBet<\/span><\/a><span>  &#8211; said: \u201cI think players will always feel that. When I left, you have moments where you think, \u2018what have I done?\u2019 Of course, that&#8217;s normal, it&#8217;s natural.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don&#8217;t think he&#8217;ll be in panic stations just yet because it&#8217;s only been one season. I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;s still got great belief in his ability. But yeah, he&#8217;ll have had moments, probably. Of course, when you go on any new adventure in football, you have moments where you kind of think, \u2018oh\u2019 &#8211; especially if it&#8217;s not going perfectly well. If it&#8217;s all going well, those moments become less. But I&#8217;m sure he would have had the odd sleepless night about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut you can&#8217;t let it dwell, you can&#8217;t dwell on it because it hampers your performance in the job you&#8217;re doing. I think he&#8217;ll be disappointed with his season. But he&#8217;s got time and he&#8217;s got the contract, so I think he&#8217;ll be getting himself right and using the summer to get himself fully fit, ready for the start of next season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Alexander-Arnold appeared to be missing Liverpool, they were missing him. Jeremie Frimpong failed to convince as a right-back following&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}