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Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham have finally been united at club level.

And it seems the erstwhile Liverpool vice-captain has learned a lesson from his friend.

For a while, Liverpool hoped that Alexander-Arnold would turn agent, convincing Bellingham to swap Borussia Dortmund for Anfield.



But the midfielder picked Real Madrid, before ultimately turning the conversation on its head.

The club signed Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch and Wataru Endo instead, all of whom have gone on to play important roles in their own ways.

Indeed, this entirely refreshed midfield was able to get the better of Bellingham and Real Madrid in the season just gone.

Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham of England.

That's a lesson he could well have learned from David Beckham and Gareth Bale, as well as Bellingham.

Beckham and Bale are both still remembered fondly at Real Madrid, but limited engagement with the media in Spanish made their lives harder than they might otherwise have been