{"id":129294,"date":"2025-05-25T00:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T00:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/129294\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T00:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T00:15:13","slug":"trent-alexander-arnold-delivers-emotional-farewell-message-to-liverpool-team-mates-as-captain-virgil-van-dijk-hands-departing-gift-to-reds-star-during-training-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/129294\/","title":{"rendered":"Trent Alexander-Arnold delivers emotional farewell message to Liverpool team-mates – as captain Virgil van Dijk hands departing gift to Reds star during training session"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/a> issued an emotional farewell message to his Liverpool<\/a> team-mates during their final training session before drawing the curtains on their season.<\/p>\n

The Reds host Crystal Palace<\/a> at Anfield on Sunday, where the home fans will be treated to watching their side lift the Premier League<\/a> trophy in person for the first time ever.<\/p>\n

It will likely be an emotional fixture for Alexander-Arnold, who will end a 20-year association with the Merseyside club.<\/p>\n

And as the boyhood Liverpool fan took to the grass for one of the last times at the club’s AXA Training Centre, Virgil van Dijk<\/a> led the farewell celebrations for his team-mate.<\/p>\n

The Dutchman handed the club’s vice-captain a framed No 66 ‘Alexander-Arnold’ Liverpool kit, and then shared some heartfelt words.<\/p>\n

Van Dijk said: ‘Right, Trent, we all knew this day was coming, of course, and I speak for everyone here. We would like to thank you for everything you have done.<\/p>\n

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Trent Alexander-Arnold delivered a farewell speech to his Liverpool team-mates on Saturday<\/p>\n

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The departing Reds star was handed a framed kit with his name on the back by Virgil van Dijk<\/p>\n

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Alexander-Arnold announced his Liverpool exit this month and is expected to join Real Madrid<\/p>\n

‘Obviously, in your time with Liverpool, the success that we had, the good moments together on and off the pitch, we are definitely going to miss you. You’re an outstanding player, a very good human being.<\/p>\n

‘We wish you well and yeah, listen, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everything you have done. All the best. We have a little something for you.’<\/p>\n

After Van Dijk’s gesture, the squad erupted in applause, after which Alexander-Arnold delivered his farewell message off the fly.<\/p>\n

He said candidly: ‘I’m just eternally grateful for everything that I’ve been given. We all dream of these moments but, for me, it feels even more special because I’ve been here 20 years.<\/p>\n

‘It’s an amazing chapter of my life – it’s been my whole life – it’s been everything I’ve ever worked for – dreamt for.<\/p>\n

‘To share it with you guys and create these bonds, a lot of the lads, especially these guys here [points to Van Dijk and Alisson], have seen me transition from a boy to a man.<\/p>\n

‘The bonds and the brotherhood I’ve got with you guys will remain with me forever. I’ve got stories and memories I’ll be able to tell kids and grand kids. I wasn’t prepared for this, but I appreciate it, I appreciate all of you for everything.’<\/p>\n

As Alexander-Arnold prepares to suit up in red one last time, there remains a lingering question over whether he will be booed in front of the home crowd in his final game, as has been the case at points this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Alexander-Arnold will play his last game for Liverpool at home vs Crystal Palace on Sunday<\/p>\n

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The right back has made 353 appearances in red so far and helped the club win seven trophies<\/p>\n

Arne Slot expressed his hope that Alexander-Arnold gets the ‘reception he deserves’ in his farewell match, implying that he does not want his player to be booed by fans.<\/p>\n

However, the Dutchman also conceded that he cannot change the minds of the club’s supporters. He added:\u00a0‘I hope I can influence them, but they have their own opinion as well.’<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp revealed he ‘couldn’t have been more disappointed’ by the boos directed at Alexander-Arnold when they played Arsenal earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Sunday’s game, Alexander-Arnold delivered a short message to fans on Instagram.<\/p>\n

’20 years. Gave it everything,’ he wrote accompanied by a heart emoji,\u00a0above a picture of his boots.<\/p>\n

Alexander-Arnold has been at Liverpool since joining their youth academy back in 2004. After breaking into the first-team in 2016, he has represented the Reds in 353 senior games and helped bring seven different pieces of silverware to Anfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trent Alexander-Arnold issued an emotional farewell message to his Liverpool team-mates during their final training session before drawing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,92,393,94,4884,179,101,93,8935,16,15,1465],"class_list":{"0":"post-129294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-premier-league","15":"tag-sport","16":"tag-trent-alexander-arnold","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-virgil-van-dijk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114565593891170400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}