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Gary Neville On Why Trent Alexander-Arnold Won't Be Real Madrid's First Choice Right Back

Gary Neville On Why Trent Alexander-Arnold Won't Be Real Madrid's First Choice Right Back
Lee Costello
By Lee Costello Updated
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Man United legend Gary Neville isn't convinced that Trent Alexander-Arnold will be Real Madrid's first choice right back if he were to move there.

The news broke earlier this week that the Liverpool star is edging closer to a move to the Spanish giants, and come the summer time, Trent will be a Galitico.

The Englishman has always been an incredible talent, who can do things that no other full back in the world can do, however, his defensive capabilities have always been questioned.

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Speaking on the latest episode of Stick to Football, Neville believes that this weakness will prevent him from being the starting right back in Madrid.

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"I said that I thought he [Trent Alexander-Arnold] had to get more serious about his defending – I've said that constantly – or else it will cause him problems.

"I think it will cause him a problem at Real Madrid because they have Federico Valverde, who is playing right-back currently, and Dani Carvajal when he's back – he's going to have some serious competition.

"The problem is that he's 32 and has had a bad injury – but for me, Carvajal is a better full-back than Trent because of what he gives to the team.

"It's unbelievable what Valverde is doing for them at the moment, so he's going to have competition when he goes.

"Coming back to Trent, I said he needs to get more serious about his defending, and that was proven by the fact he couldn't get in the England team for many years, and he gets subbed for Liverpool a lot.

"I've never known a right-back get subbed so many times in important periods of matches."

Of course Trent has been the starting right back in a side that has won the Premier League, the Champions League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup, and Club World Cup, so he has proven that he is capable of performing at the highest level.

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The move to Spain has not yet been made official, but at this stage, it looks much more likely that he will go than stay.

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