Liverpool fans react as club send Trent Alexander-Arnold message: “What an odd move!”

Trent Alexander-Arnold was the target of huge criticism from fans having opted to leave boyhood club Liverpool for Real Madrid and supporters have hit out at a message to the defender

Liverpool fans are divided after the club’s official social media wished Trent Alexander-Arnold a happy birthday. The England defender turned 27 on Tuesday, with many well-wishes flooding in.

His current side, Real Madrid, sent him a message on Twitter, while his boyhood team Liverpool wrote: “Happy birthday, Trent Alexander-Arnold,” alongside a confetti emoji and a picture of the defender lifting the Premier League trophy.

However, that message did not go down well with some Liverpool fans, Reds supporters still feeling very passionately about his exit for the Santiago Bernabeu at the end of his contract.

One fan said: “This is such an odd move what is going on,” while another amusingly asked: “Have you been hacked?”

A further supporter said: “Get the distinct impression this will not go down well with the masses!,” while another fan said: “Lads we’ve just lost 3 on the bounce, could you not?”

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A final Liverpool fan angrily responded: “Ah yeah, we’ve just lost three on the bounce, so celebrating a player who betrayed us only a few months ago is a great idea, isn’t it? Read the room.”

Some were much more forgiving, however, replying: “Happy birthday TAA. A lot of fans won’t accept but you’re still one of our own. See you soon in the champions league. Have a great one mate,” and another said: “Happy Birthday, Trent Alexander-Arnold. Thank you for all the great memories, and trophies. Always a Red. A legend. Ynwa.”

Liverpool’s birthday message comes amid a tricky period for Arne Slot’s side. The Reds have lost each of their last three games to Galatasaray, Crystal Palace and Chelsea.

And Gary Lineker has claimed that the side are actually missing Alexander-Arnold’s presence. Speaking on The Rest Is Football, he said: “In terms of creativity, as much as anything else, I think they’re really missing Trent. Before that, sometimes Trent would go forward and they would, perhaps, get exposed defensively.

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“But what he gives you going the other way, it’s impossible to replace. There is not another player I can think of in world football who plays that position [right-back] in the way that he plays it offensively.

“I also think that Mo [Salah] is missing him, that connection that they had. Yes, sometimes they would get exposed in behind, but they would have someone try and cover that position – last season it was mostly [Dominik] Szoboszlai, previous to that would be Jordan Henderson.

“You’ve got to say it was worth his weight in gold going forward, and I always used to say, ‘Stop worrying about him [Alexander-Arnold] making the odd tiny mistake defensively, because what he gives you the other way is incredible.”

Alexander-Arnold has also had a tricky time of things at Real Madrid so far. The England international has made just three starts for his new club and is currently out with a hamstring injury

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