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Alexander-Arnold’s world-class vision and assists will grace the Bernabéu but for a generation of Madrid fans accustomed to the superior defensive application of Dani Carvajal, the difference may be striking.

Amid the furious accusations of betrayal it is worth considering that Alexander-Arnold has been at Liverpool for 20 years, joining the club’s academy as a promising six-year-old.

His first senior goal was a superb free-kick that set Liverpool on course for victory over Hoffenheim in a Champions League playoff in August 2017.



The occasional lapse in concentration is something Slot has been working on with the player all season.

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That victory against Hoffenheim also set Klopp’s side on course for the Champions League final in Kyiv in 2018, when Alexander-Arnold became the youngest Liverpool player to start in the showpiece occasion.

A year later he became the youngest player to start two consecutive Champions League finals when Liverpool returned to win the trophy in Alexander-Arnold’s future home of Madrid.

There were 12 Premier League assists in 2018-19, a new Premier League record for a defender of 13 assists as Liverpool swept to the title the following season, and another dozen league assists in 2021-22.

That season would produce a career-best 19 assists in total as Liverpool played an epic 63-game campaign and Alexander-Arnold continued to redefine what it meant to be a full-back.

At 23 years of age, the defender had won every competition he had competed in with Liverpool – the Champions League, the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Club World Cup, Uefa Super Cup and Community Shield.