{"id":1138248,"date":"2020-03-26T10:50:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T10:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1138248"},"modified":"2020-03-26T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T10:52:39","slug":"alexander-arnold-supports-barcelona-liverpool-fan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/alexander-arnold-supports-barcelona-liverpool-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"Trent Alexander-Arnold reveals who he&#8217;d support if he wasn&#8217;t a Liverpool fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has revealed Spanish giants Barcelona are his &#8220;favourite other team&#8221;.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old has quickly established himself as arguably the best right-back in the Premier League &#8212; and quite possibly the world &#8212; since making his debut in October 2016.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s soft spot for Barca: Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Alexander-Arnold has made 125 senior appearances for boyhood club Liverpool.<\/li>\n<li>During that time, he&#8217;s already played in two Champions League finals, winning it in 2019.<\/li>\n<li>The right-back famously delivered a quick corner to set-up Divock Origi during the semi-finals against Barca last season.<\/li>\n<li>And Alexander-Arnold has revealed the Blaugrana are his second-favourite club.<\/li>\n<li>But the 21-year-old insists he has no plans to join Barca, concentrating only on Liverpool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7533381\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alexander-Arnold has made 125 senior appearances for the Reds so far, helping Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s men to Champions League, European Super Cup and Fifa Club World Cup titles during that time, while also establishing himself in Gareth Southgate&#8217;s England set-up.<\/p>\n<p>He also played a key role in Liverpool&#8217;s famous comeback win over Barca in last season&#8217;s Champions League semi-final second leg, delivering a brilliantly improvised quick corner for Divock Origi&#8217;s winning goal.<\/p>\n<p>Despite breaking Barca hearts, he admits he still holds a soft spot for the Blaugrana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d say my favourite other team would be Barca. I feel as though they\u2019ve got kind of the same values and beliefs as Liverpool,\u201d Alexander-Arnold told<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5bel_HHLtrI&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GQ magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Takumi Minamino: How Japanese fans support Liverpool&#039;s new signing | \u5357\u91ce \u62d3\u5b9f\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7qsprIbhfVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[In Liverpool], Everyone\u2019s got the same beliefs, the same drive to succeed, the same hard-work ethic, the tenacity.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe passion in what they believe in is a massive thing in this city.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Alexander-Arnold not dreaming of going abroad just yet<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Despite admitting his admiration for Barcelona, Alexander-Arnold insists his future remains at Anfield, with the youngster happy pulling on the shirt for the club he&#8217;s &#8220;always loved&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not something I\u2019ve ever thought about. I\u2019ve always loved Liverpool,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always supported them. I\u2019ve always played for them. So, yeah, still now, I wouldn\u2019t sit there in my room and daydream about playing somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has revealed Spanish giants Barcelona are his &#8220;favourite other team&#8221;.\u00a0 The 21-year-old has quickly established himself as arguably the best right-back in the Premier League &#8212; and quite possibly the world &#8212; since making his debut in October 2016. 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