Trent Alexander-Arnold made telling Liverpool admission to Xabi Alonso in first chat at Real Madrid

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Ahead of facing Liverpool for the first time since he signed for Real Madrid, Trent Alexander-Arnold has opened up on the first conversation that he had with another former Reds star, Xabi Alonso. He was someone I looked up to and I practiced a lot of the passing he would do.

Learn more "We'd meet up at England camps and everyone would want to know what it was like behind the scenes (at Real Madrid)," Alexander-Arnold said. "He said it was incredible, and he’d never seen anything like it.

"He talked so highly of the club, and I’d made my mind up at the end of the day, I needed a change for me. I wanted a new challenge on and off the pitch." Liverpool.com says: Alexander-Arnold, if he plays, will draw a big reaction from the Anfield crowd on Tuesday.