Xabi Alonso claims that Trent Alexander-Arnold must 'enjoy' his Liverpool return

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Trent Alexander-Arnold is set to make his Anfield return already as Liverpool gear up to face Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday evening. Xabi Alonso thinks that it will be ‘nice’ for Trent Alexander-Arnold to return to Liverpool after his Real Madrid move Many fans thought that Alexander-Arnold would end up like Steven Gerrard and stay at Liverpool for most of his career.

The right-back was never the best defensively, but the attacking prowess he brought to every game made him one of Liverpool’s best players. Despite this, Real Madrid manager Alonso still thinks that the Englishman will enjoy his return.

“We haven’t spoken about that [Anfield return] precisely, but we have spoken about the team, the club,” he said in quotes relayed by The Independent.“He has to have his own feelings and enjoy it his own way, so I am not going to say how he needs to feel.“For sure his history is different from mine, he was born and bred in Liverpool, I remember him from a young age in the academy and then coming to the first team and winning the Champions League.“So he needs to enjoy that moment because it is nice to be back and for him it is going to be nice.”Trent Alexander-Arnold isn’t all that likely to be used by Real Madrid against LiverpoolAlthough Alexander-Arnold was given a starting role when he first joined Real Madrid during the Club World Cup, since then, he’s had to fight to make an appearance. Dani Carvajal and Federico Valverde have been the two players chosen by Alonso to take the reins, with the Englishman playing more of a back-up role.Indeed, his recent hamstring injury hasn’t likely helped matters much in terms of his place in the team, but it’ll still make Liverpool fans wonder whether he was actually better off staying at Anfield.