Why Liverpool are powerless to stop Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Real Madrid transfer if he wants to move

TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD to Real Madrid feels like a tale as old as time.

The names and the methods of recruitment change but the siren song of the Bernabeu remains the same.

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And it is as powerful as ever.

From Laurie Cunningham — the first Englishman to play for the club in the professional era — to David Beckham, Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe, the lure of the famous...