paid tribute to former team-mate on his first return to Anfield with .
Alexander-Arnold is making ready to face his former membership to the Spanish giants in tonight’s Champions League recreation, and will face a hostile reception from the Liverpool supporters.
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However Alexander-Arnold, 27, was a part of a delegation from Actual Madrid that laid a floral tribute to Jota and his brother Andre Silva outdoors Anfield.
(Motion Photos through Reuters)
Accompanied by head coach and former Liverpool nice and defender Dean Huijsen, Alexander-Arnold introduced his personal private tribute with a word that learn: “My mate Diogo, you’re so missed however nonetheless so liked. Yours and Andre’s recollections will all the time reside on. I smile each time I take into consideration you and can all the time keep in mind the nice occasions we shared. Miss you mate on daily basis. Love Trent and household.”
Huijsen and Actual Madrid’s director of soccer Emilio Butragueno introduced the membership’s official tribute alongside Alexander-Arnold’s.
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Alexander-Arnold and Jota had been team-mates for 5 seasons at Anfield, successful the Premier League, FA Cup and two League Cups throughout that spell. Alexander-Arnold was booed by some Liverpool followers after his transfer to Actual Madrid was made public, with the Reds receiving a £8.4m charge from Actual Madrid on the finish of his contract.
An image exhibits a message from Trent Alexander-Arnold and household (AFP through Getty Photos)
Actual Madrid’s head coach Xabi Alonso, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dean Huijsen pay tribute (AFP through Getty Photos)
The fitting again is getting back from a spell on the sidelines after harm disrupted his begin to life at Actual Madrid, so might not be a part of Alonso’s beginning line-up. However his head coach urged Alexander-Arnold to take pleasure in his return to his boyhood membership.
“We’ve not spoken about that exactly, however we’ve spoken concerning the crew, the membership,” stated Alonso, who additionally swapped Liverpool for Actual Madrid in 2009. “He has to have his personal emotions and revel in it his personal means, so I’m not going to say how he must really feel.
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“For certain his historical past is completely different from mine, he was born and bred in Liverpool, I keep in mind him from a younger age within the academy after which coming to the primary crew and successful the Champions League. So he must take pleasure in that second as a result of it’s good to be again and for him it’ll be good.”
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot stated: “I’ve nice recollections of the participant and the human being. He was my vice-captain final season and I’ve recollections of working with him which had been solely constructive. How the followers…. I’ve no clue how that is going to be however he will get a heat welcome from me, that is for certain.”