He landed this summer with great fanfare in the Spanish capital, escorted by the XXL expectations of Merengues supporters, but Trent Alexander-Arnold will still have to take a stroll to hope for a place in Real Madrid. Because even with the status that was his in Liverpool, the English international does not land in the shoes of an untouchable in his new club, quite the contrary. Absent for eight months due to a break in the cross ligaments, Dani Carvajal returns with appetite to recover his place.
Competitors, the Spaniard has seen it followed in the line for 10 years: Danilo, Lucas Vazquez, the very young Achraf Hakimi, Alvaro Odriozola, or Vinícius Tobias. But none have been able to question its status as a holder. “I take it as a personal challenge, I like competition. I have important objectives in front of me and I hope that this competition, healthy, will make the team much better ”entrusted Carvajal before the arrival of Trent Alexander-Arnold this summer. For several days, his nice return to form has been put forward by the Iberian press.
Alexander-Arnold has not scored points at the moment
“Trent will have a lot of difficulties”writing AS This morning. The Madrid media praises the Olympic form of the 33-year-old player, returned to a good level during this pre-season, and inhabited by the desire to play the World Cup with Spain next summer. In recent hours, a video of a Carvajal goal after a solo rush, has even become viral on social networks. “The captain scored this exceptional goal … in the middle of a debate on the identity of the holder for the post of right side”writes as. At the same time, his competitor TAA is not really spared, he who has not yet managed to show himself from his most beautiful angle since the club World Cup.
Holder against Osasuna Tuesday on the first day of Liga (1-0), the Englishman had made a very neutral copy, tainted by numerous technical blunders, especially in his centers, and by a very thin contribution on his corridor. He was then replaced by the Spanish international 25 minutes from the end, and the latter had been much more enterprising. “I saw competition as I lived at other times in my career. When I had the most competition, this is where I was the most efficient. It is a huge challenge that will both make us better ”added the Spaniard in the mixed zone. Asked about competition between the two men, Xabi Alonso preferred to kick in touch, ensuring that one like the other would have playing time. But if the gap continues to widen, a hierarchy will have to logically settle …
