For someone who once talked about loyalty and building a legacy, Trent Alexander-Arnold’s latest remarks paint a very different picture.
Just days before returning to Anfield for the first time as a Real Madrid player, the 27-year-old appeared in a video with language coach Sara Duque, revealing he’s been studying Spanish for five months.
“Hi, I’m Trent. I started learning Spanish with Sara five months ago,” the ex-Liverpool vice-captain said.
“Before that, I didn’t speak any Spanish. I wanted to learn so I could communicate better with my teammates, my coach, and the Real Madrid supporters.”
Trent’s Spanish timeline doesn’t add up
Conveniently, that five-month timeline points back to May — the same month he informed Liverpool he would not be renewing his contract.
Fans will remember him speaking confidently in Spanish during his Madrid presentation in June, and this new video only fuels suspicion.
How does someone go from knowing nothing to giving a full speech in just a few lessons? Even at that unveiling, he admitted he’d been learning for “a couple of months.”
Adding to that, the language coach posted a picture from Anfield back in March — suggesting her involvement may have begun well before Trent publicly claimed.
While players like Virgil van Dijk and Mo Salah stayed loyal, the homegrown star who symbolized the club appeared to already be preparing for a future in Spain.
His original speech at the Bernabéu was criticised for sounding overly rehearsed.
And his comment — “I hope me leaving doesn’t take away from winning the league” — now feels emptier than ever.
Booing inevitable when Trent returns to Anfield
Regardless of Trent’s explanation, the timing of everything tells its own story.
When Real Madrid arrive at Anfield in November, the reaction he receives won’t just be because he left — but because of how calculated his departure now seems.
Duque said: “Trent didn’t just learn Spanish. He chose to start from zero and show up every day.”
That dedication might have been better spent showing the same commitment to the club that made him who he is.
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