Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Tuesday, 04 November 2025, 16:31 / Updated Tuesday, 04 November 2025 16:33
The supporters' gesture came shortly after the former “cormorant”, alongside Xabi Alonso, Dean Huijsen and Emilio Butragueno, paid tribute to his former colleague, Diogo Jota, who died in July following a road accident in Spain.
Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold mural has been vandalised
Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold mural has been vandalized by Cormorants supporters. The England international returned to his hometown for the Champions League opener at Anfield.
“I'm just a normal boy from Liverpool whose dream came true”, is the message on Trent's moral painting, and supporters wrote next to: “Rat”allusion to the fact that the Englishman chose to leave the club where he was formed.
Raised in Liverpool's academy, Trent Alexander-Arnold was given his first-team debut by Jurgen Klopp in the 2016-2017 season.
After 9 seasons spent at “Anfield”, the 27-year-old defender decided not to extend his contract with Liverpool and had already reached an agreement with Real Madrid, before the end of the previous season, in which the “cormorants” triumphed in the Premier League, in the first season under the command of Arne Slot.
Liverpool fans lived in tension at the end of the previous season, considering that Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk were in the same situation. In the end, the two players extended their contracts for another two years, but Trent chose to leave, choosing Real Madrid.
The Cormorants received just £8.4m for the England international, only to bring him in before his Liverpool contract expires so Trent can play in the Club World Championship.
During his time at Liverpool, Trent Alexander-Arnold won two Premier League titles, a Champions League, a UEFA Super Cup, a Club World Championship, an FA Cup, an FA Super Cup and two League Cups.
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