Alexander-Arnold Humiliates 4 Barça Players Before Signing with Real Madrid

Trent Alexander-Arnold is one of the names permanently installed in the white orbit for some time now. The right-back from Liverpool, one of the best in his position, would have accepted to leave the team based in Merseyside to embark on a new stage in the European soccer elite.

This team change would have already established, despite the lack of official confirmation, a series of rivalries and comparisons typical of Real Madrid. Because matching and probing the results and statistics of the main rivals of the merengue team is a much more than widespread custom. In this case, Alexander-Arnold comes out winning by a curious difference.

The British defender's career is marked by a remarkable versatility that has left him, in previous seasons, as an unexpected reinforcement for the red midfield. That change of position seems to have been left behind definitively, but his entry into Santiago Bernabéu locker room could recover it... albeit in an exceptional way.

But that brief 'metamorphosis' of Trent Alexander-Arnold into a midfielder did not occur solely due to the lack of personnel that the first team of Liverpool registered some time ago. It is also based on his excellent vision of the game and numbers that would embarrass any player occupying the midfield of the European soccer elite today.

Incredible but True

This is the case with Gavi, Pedri, Frenkie de Jong, and Marc Casadó. These four midfielders from FC Barcelona, throughout their entire careers, have a total of 85 combined assists. In perspective, Trent Alexander-Arnold has achieved 87 goal passes since he joined Liverpool's first team in the summer of 2016.

The discussion around that statistic is striking given that the still '66' of Liverpool is a right-back by training and usual position. Likewise, Trent Alexander-Arnold has played his career in the elite in a single team: Liverpool. In contrast, players like Pedri or Frenkie de Jong have had the opportunity to play in Las Palmas and Ajax of Amsterdam respectively.

These four midfielders from FC Barcelona can't surpass, collectively, in assists a right-back like Trent Alexander-Arnold. Beyond the reports and the impressions left by the '66' red on the field, data like this further support his hypothetical arrival to the Madrid locker room.

However, the definitive date for the closure of this saga remains to be seen. Because most reports indicate that the operation is "done" at a percentage equal to or greater than "90%", optimism that has permeated the offices of Valdebebas. But not everyone at Real Madrid has decided to leave their characteristic caution behind and they remain aware of other options to avoid a similar fiasco to the 'Yoro case'.