If there's one thing the Reds' supporters value above all else, it's loyalty, and losing one of their own seemingly on the basis of financial gain - at least that's how things appeared from the outside - will have cut deep.
Just eight LaLiga appearances so far
Trent's interview, where he noted that a future wish was to become a Ballon d'Or winner, might also have been behind his decision, and, arguably, moving to Los Blancos would've potentially given him a better shot at earning the coveted golden ball.
However, football being the 'funny old game' that it is, can often throw curveballs into the mix that no one expects.
A muscle injury during the 4-0 Club World Cup defeat against Paris Saint-Germain was the sign of things to come, with Trent also going on to miss seven games with a hamstring injury and, to date, missing another 12 with a thigh injury.
What's more, in the paltry eight LaLiga appearances he has made for the Spanish giants, only three of them have been for the full 90 minutes.
Arbeloa apparently wants Trent to leave Madrid
Three more appearances have been for four, nine and eight minutes long respectively, and probably goes some way to explaining why he's only managed one assist in league play during the 2024/25 season.
Five appearances in the Club World Cup saw him provide two assists, whilst his three Champions League showings haven't brought the best out of the 27-year-old.
With Xabi Alonso having been ruthlessly dispatched as first-team coach after a series of underwhelming displays, Trent can hardly have expected to be told by the new man in charge, Alvaro Arbeloa, to find a new club as his services were no longer required - if reports are accurate.
It very quickly appears to be bringing the curtain down on what's turned into a nightmare few months for the full-back-cum-midfielder.
Financial concerns narrow the field of new employers
There's a big question mark as to what's next for the player, with rumours already suggesting that serial Premier League winners Man City are keeping tabs on the situation.
The overriding issue, other than the player's general fitness concerns, is that any deal to bring him back to the Premier League won't be cheap.
Trent has a contract with the Santiago Bernabeu outfit until 2029, and though Real apparently want rid of him, they're under no immediate pressure to sell.
On the basis that only a handful of clubs could afford the financial demands of a summer transfer, which would include a weekly remuneration of in the region of £275,000, it's worth pondering just where he could end up.
Will the Anfield faithful let bygones be bygones?
Whilst at Liverpool, he scored 18 goals and provided 64 assists in 272 league games, which included 13 for the Reds' U23 side.
He added one more goal and eight assists in 25 domestic cup appearances, with three more goals and 16 assists coming in 70 European appearances.
Would the Merseyside giants turn their noses up at their sort of quality, even with Jeremie Frimpong now making Liverpool's right side his own, and with Conor Bradley as an able deputy?
Would the Anfield faithful let bygones be bygones?
Where next for Trent?
Assuming that bridges have been burned in that part of the North West and that Trent prefers a Premier League return rather than another European destination, it's almost certain that he and his representatives wouldn't consider a move to Man Utd, even though he'd be a decent upgrade on Diogo Dalot.
The connotations of moving from Anfield to Old Trafford have always rankled with supporters. Just ask Michael Owen.
Arsenal already have Ben White and Jurrien Timber as two quality additions in the right-back slot, with Messrs. Odegaard and Saka in the right-sided attacking slots, should Trent be considered as an option further forward.
London rivals Chelsea have Reece James and the likes of Cole Palmer and Estevao playing various roles down the right, though the Blues would almost certainly have the money for such a transfer, and have used their largesse to buy players before on the basis of strengthening their squad offering.
Impressive figures for a buying club to consider
Man City also have no such financial concerns, and with question marks over a handful of established stars - including the likes of John Stones - their apparent interest makes perfect sense.
But what would any interested party be getting for their spend?
In the past three seasons, Trent's passing accuracy in the league has remained in the mid-to-high 70s in percentage terms, trending upwards to the mid-to-high 80s in the various cup competitions.
Of the 3,193 forward passes he's made in that time, 1,819 have successfully reached their target in the final third of the pitch.
Over 700 ball recoveries and the winning of 160 of the 236 tackles attempted - an area for which he has, perhaps unfairly, been much-maligned - are impressive, but the one major area in which he could improve is with regard to his crossing accuracy.
Just 108 from the 453 attempted between the start of the 2022/23 season and now have been accurate, leading to poor completion stats as low as 20% in some competitions.
Even so, a player that's supposedly in his footballing prime, notwithstanding his current issues, rarely comes to market for transfer.
Whoever is willing to help Trent try and resurrect his career will at least acquire a player that, for all of the excellence that's gone before, now has a point to prove once again - and that hunger to silence his critics could be the making of him.
