Liverpool are reportedly lining up a potential replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold as speculation mounts over his Anfield future. The 25-year-old, who is out of contract in the summer, has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid.

The right-back is wanted at Santiago Bernabeu, but it's telling that he still dreams of captaining his hometown club

Yet leaving Liverpool would surely also trigger some regrets. Alexander-Arnold continues to say he wants to be the club captain and he is, in theory, the next in line to do so considering his current role as deputy to Virgil van Dijk, another player whose contract runs out next summer .