Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold is close to joining Real Madrid in the summer. ESPN tracks the timeline of this blockbuster transfer.

Could Liverpool have handled it better? In hindsight, perhaps. We have gone through a few sporting directors in the past couple of years and when the job of renewing Alexander-Arnold's contract landed on Richard Hughes' desk last summer,

The Premier League has ushered through an interesting rule change. If La Liga follows suit, it could have implications for Trent Alexander-Arnold's move to Real Madrid.