Arnold to join Real Madrid on June 1.The new Premier League champions confirmed a deal had been reached for him to join Real prior to the expiry of his Liverpool contract on June 30, and Real said this would enable the England international to play for the Spanish side at this summer’s Club World Cup.

The fee to releases the England defender from his contract a month early to allow him to join before the Club World Cup.

Real Madrid will pay a £8.4m fee to Liverpool in order to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold in time for the Club World Cup. Alexander-Arnold had already agreed to join Madrid on a free transfer but that meant he would not move to the Spanish club until after his contract expired on June 30.