Gerrard questions Alexander-Arnold choice to leave Liverpool | OneFootball

Steven Gerrard has questioned Trent Alexander-Arnold’s decision to leave a Liverpool team that is competing for trophies.

Alexander-Arnold left Liverpool to join Real Madrid in the summer after a decorated spell at Anfield. The academy product was a key part of the club’s title successes in 2020 and 2025, but soured his relationship with the Reds after running down his contract.

The 27-year-old signed for Real Madrid in the summer, joining England teammate Jude Bellingham at the Bernabeu. Gerrard, who worked with Alexander-Arnold in the Liverpool academy, has questioned the decision to leave.

While admitting the lure of Real Madrid is one he also found strong, Gerrard said he was surprised by Alexander-Arnold’s decision to leave his boyhood side while the Reds are in a position of strength.

“If I take my Liverpool hat off, I think any player in the game when Barcelona and Real Madrid come, it’s going to turn your head,” the former Liverpool captain told Rio Ferdinand Presents.

“This is me speaking without my Liverpool hat on at the moment. Real Madrid came for me with Mourinho, serious. And it turned my head.

“It didn’t get as much traction and noise as Chelsea because it was shut down pretty quick because of the timing of it and what Real Madrid wanted me to do to manufacture that.

“So it never got the traction or the noise, but it turned my head. It turned my head, for sure. It’s Real Madrid. So without my Liverpool hat on, Real Madrid and Barcelona, whether you like it or not, if you’re a United fan, Liverpool fan, they’re two humongous clubs.

“And when they come, it’s going to turn your head. No matter who you are, it’s going to turn your head. Or you’re not. You’re not human. They’re going to turn your head.

“So I can understand it from being in Trent’s shoes. I can understand it. I get it. His best mate plays there. Maybe he wants to challenge himself. He’s won everything at Liverpool. So there’s a part of me that really understands it.

“But as soon as I put my Liverpool hat back on, I think, what are you doing? What are you doing? You’re arguably one of the best teams in Europe, you’re winning things that I sit here now and still dream of winning.

“You’re winning European Cups, you’re one of the main men. The fans adore you. What are you doing? But this is with my Liverpool hat on, because I love Liverpool football club. So…”

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