A mural of Trent Alexander-Arnold has been vandalised earlier than his return to Anfield with Actual Madrid. The previous Liverpool full-back is anticipated to characteristic within the Actual squad for Tuesday's Champions League sport lower than six months after leaving his boyhood membership for Spain.
Alexander-Arnold's resolution to depart on the finish of his contract was met with anger by a bit of the Liverpool fanbase, who booed the right-back. The massive mural close to Anfield was unveiled in 2019 following Liverpool's Champions League victory and was vandalised after the information Alexander-Arnold would go away, with the phrase “rat” daubed on it.
The identical phrase was written once more a number of instances on Tuesday morning and white paint was thrown over the image, with workmen appearing rapidly to scrub it.
Talking to Prime Video Sport earlier than the match, Alexander-Arnold stated: “No matter method I'm obtained is the choice of the followers. I'll at all times love the membership, I'll at all times be a fan of the membership. I'll at all times be pleased about the alternatives and the issues we achieved collectively – they'll stay with me for ever.”
On Monday Actual's supervisor, the previous Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso, instructed Alexander-Arnold to get pleasure from being again at Anfield. “I bear in mind him from a younger age within the academy after which coming to the primary crew and successful the Champions League,” he stated. “So he must benefit from the second as a result of it's good to be again.”
