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Following a summer that saw Real bring in Denzel Dumfries, Alexander-Arnold has quickly found himself cast as the ultimate scapegoat for the team’s wider struggles. It happened to Cristiano Ronaldo and he scored more than a goal a game for nine years, so I must be doing something right.’ It’s because he’s been put in this really, really difficult position.” To make matters worse, tactical experiments have left the defender exposed.
With injuries and suspensions forcing Madrid’s hand, Alexander-Arnold has even found himself thrust into unfamiliar central midfield roles—a position he has long harbored ambitions of playing, but perhaps under far from ideal circumstances. I felt really sorry for Trent Alexander-Arnold, he was stuck in a spot that he didn’t deserve to be in.” While Alexander-Arnold fights for his future in Spain, back on Merseyside, Liverpool are facing an entirely different kind of crisis—and it happens to be in his old stomping ground.
Ever since he left, the Reds have utterly failed to solve the right-back puzzle. Given the team’s ongoing struggles on the right side of defense, welcoming back a world-class operator who already knows the club inside out could instantly solve the problem if he managed to rediscover his vintage form.
