Anyone who has ever watched any youth soccer game on the various fields across Liverpool in the last few years will have noticed something interesting about the squad numbers that the children involved are wearing.

In almost every grassroots match that is played in Merseyside, there is one player who has chosen to wear the number 66 on their back.

If Alexander-Arnold does join Real Madrid, as is now imminent, the Liverpool ace will not be able to continue wearing the same number, however.



He said 'This is not football, this is American football', so in the end I got five."

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That might explain why Jude Bellingham chose to move from the number 22 that he wore with Borussia Dortmund to following in Zidane's footsteps with the number five at the Bernabeu: he was always going there to be a regular starter.

As it stands, the only numbers available at Real Madrid are 12, 24 and 25.

Dani Carvajal, the man that Alexander-Arnold could replace in the Real Madrid starting XI, wears number two.



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And Barcelona midfielder Gavi was forced to wear number 30 rather than number six because he needed to be considered a youth player rather than a senior player when Barcelona was having trouble registering all of its signings amid its economic difficulties.

Liverpool.com says: Alexander-Arnold leaving is a shame but you cannot question his decision in as much as it is not about money or thinking that there is somewhere better to be than Liverpool