Trent Alexander-Arnold returns to Liverpool on Tuesday with both player and his boyhood club struggling to adapt after his emotional departure for Real Madrid.

Just metres from where the England international will enter Anfield, there still stands a giant mural of him decked in red alongside the quote: “I’m just a normal lad from Liverpool whose dream has just come true.”

Alexander-Arnold’s journey from supporter to two-time Premier League winner and Champions League glory was a fairytale.

But for much of the Liverpool support, his exit after running down his contract, meaning the Premier League champions received only a nominal fee, soured his legacy.

Alexander-Arnold was even booed at times in the final few months of his Liverpool career, despite his contribution to the club’s only t

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