It's been a crazy few days for Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold. The English international looks to be heading to Real Madrid after the season ends, wh

According to reports from Spain, Alexander-Arnold has already agreed to leave the club this summer and has already agreed terms with Real Madrid ahead of a blockbuster move. Regardless of those reports, a move seems inevitable at this stage – leaving Liverpool with a huge task on their hands.

Could Liverpool have handled it better? In hindsight, perhaps. We have gone through a few sporting directors in the past couple of years and when the job of renewing Alexander-Arnold's contract landed on Richard Hughes' desk last summer,