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Trent Alexander-Arnold once revealed a unique take on Sergio Ramos and Real Madrid(Image: Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Trent Alexander-Arnold will become a Real Madrid player on Sunday and his comments about former Los Blancos star Sergio Ramos perhaps say it all about why the defender is making a move to the Spanish capital.

Ramos, now 39, has gone down in the pantheon of footballing villains on the red half of Merseyside.

It unfolded as Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool were facing Madrid in the 2018 Champions League final in Kyiv The stage was set for Mohamed Salah to cap off a stunning season by firing the Reds to their sixth European Cup.

However, the Egyptian star's dream quickly descended into a nightmare after a brutal tussle with the rugged Madrid defender sent Salah thudding to the ground.

Liverpool's talisman was escorted off the pitch in tears just 26 minutes into the game with an injured shoulder - his Champions League dream, and his team's, in tatters.

Madrid ultimately prevailed 3-1 and the incident was enough to make Ramos an enemy of Anfield loyalists for life - something of a persona non grata on Merseyside.

Yet Alexander-Arnold saw the event differently.

He soon after owned up to admiring Ramos', win-at-all-cost mentality, and it's these comments that could demonstrate why he was so eager to join Madrid, with the Spanish giants' winning values perhaps perfectly aligning with the 26-year-old's own.

Speaking back in September 2018, while the rest of the Liverpool was still reeling over what Ramos snatched from them, the full-back revealed his utmost respect for the Spanish star.

Sergio Ramos clashes with Mohamed Salah in the 2018 Champions League final(Image: VI Images via Getty Images)

“Everyone has their ways of winning and he has shown over the last 10 years that he’s a winner," Alexander-Anold told the Guardian.

“So has his team.

"The final of the Champions League, a big dream for yourself, for the city, for the fans and for everyone.

Especially when I got substituted, I went to the dressing room and was just crying because I felt like the Champions League was over."

When he was asked if he had the chance to speak to Ramos since the match, Salah added: “Oh no.