{"id":131844,"date":"2025-05-25T23:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T23:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131844\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T23:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T23:21:09","slug":"ive-never-felt-more-loved-and-cared-for-than-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131844\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve never felt more loved and cared for than today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trent Alexander-Arnold has said he has “never felt more loved and more cared for” after making an emotional final appearance at Anfield as Liverpool<\/a> lifted the Premier League Trophy.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old right-back was given a hero’s farewell when he came on at half-time in Sunday\u2019s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace<\/a> to make his 259th and last Premier League appearance for Liverpool. It contrasted with some booing from home fans<\/a> that accompanied when he came on in the previous match at Anfield against Arsenal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Palace match brought to an end a 20-year spell at his boyhood team for Alexander-Arnold, who is reportedly set to join Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t know what to expect stepping out today after what had happened a few weeks ago,” an emotional Alexander-Arnold<\/a> said after the match.<\/p>\n

“I wanted to play for the club one more time. I said that to the manager, and he trusted me at half-time. And to get the reception I got means more than ever. <\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve played hundreds of games for the club, but I\u2019ve never felt more loved and more cared for than today.”<\/p>\n

Alexander-Arnold applauded supporters on a lap of Anfield as his team-mates and the crowd sang, “You\u2019ll Never Walk Alone”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“From six years old to 26 now – 20 years. It\u2019s a very, very long time but I\u2019ve loved every single minute of it,” he said. <\/p>\n

“The ups and the downs, coming through the Academy, making it to the first team, then being part of the first team properly. It\u2019s been an honour and a privilege for me to be a part of this club.”<\/p>\n

‘It’s been the best day of my life’<\/p>\n

Alexander-Arnold admitted he still hadn\u2019t fully come to terms with the fact that he would not be returning next season.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not sunk in; it\u2019s all I\u2019ve ever known,” he said. “At times you catch yourself thinking you\u2019ll be back next season, but then you remember it\u2019s not the case because things are changing. <\/p>\n

“I\u2019ll remember these moments for the rest of my life, especially today. It\u2019s been the best day of my life, a very, very special day and a very special achievement for the team and the club.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trent Alexander-Arnold has said he has “never felt more loved and more cared for” after making an emotional…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[748,393,4884,12,1144,712,661,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-131844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-text","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114571043418480517","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131844","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=131844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}