The ex-Reds defender can be seeking to have the final giggle in opposition to his former aspect
Trent Alexander-Arnold says he’ll “at all times love Liverpool” whatever the reception he receives when he returns to Anfield with Actual Madrid on Tuesday evening.
The 27-year-old right-back is predicted to function for Madrid of their Champions League conflict after recovering from a hamstring harm, marking an emotional reunion with the membership the place he got here by the academy and spent greater than a decade.
Alexander-Arnold’s summer time transfer to the Spanish giants got here after an extended switch saga, and a few Liverpool followers expressed frustration at his departure.
Chatting with Prime Video Sport forward of the match, he admitted it will likely be an odd and emotional expertise returning so quickly.
“When the draw was introduced, I believe everybody sort of knew it was going to occur, it was destined for that fixture to come back,” Alexander-Arnold stated.
“Clearly they’re a high staff so I knew in some unspecified time in the future I’d find yourself going again there or enjoying in opposition to Liverpool. It’s taking place so quickly. Combined feelings. I believe it’ll be a really, very troublesome recreation however one which I’m excited for.”
The England worldwide confirmed he won’t have fun if he scores in opposition to his former aspect and stated he absolutely respects nevertheless Liverpool followers select to greet him.
“No matter means I’m obtained is the choice of the followers,” he stated. “I’ll at all times love the membership, I’ll at all times be a fan of the membership. I’ll at all times be grateful for the alternatives and the issues we achieved collectively, they’ll reside with me endlessly.
“It doesn’t matter what, my emotions gained’t change in direction of Liverpool. I’ve obtained recollections there that can final me a lifetime and, irrespective of how I’m obtained, that gained’t change.”
Alexander-Arnold joined Actual Madrid on a free switch in the summertime, linking up with England team-mate Jude Bellingham. The midfielder, who has thrived since transferring to Spain, performed a key function in convincing him to affix.
“There was lots of hypothesis, the ‘agent Jude’ stuff,” Alexander-Arnold stated. “It was extra so in his first season [at Real], we’d meet up at England camps and everybody would need to know what it was like behind the scenes.
“He stated it was unimaginable, and he’d by no means seen something prefer it. The drive from the entire membership, to win and the expectation to win.
“He talked so extremely of the membership, and I’d made my thoughts up on the finish of the day, I wanted a change for me. I wished a brand new problem on and off the pitch.”