da bet esporte： Trent Alexander-Arnold is rapidly establishing himself as one of the best right-backs in world football and his talent has been recognised by BBC pundit Garth Crooks in light of his recent masterclass against Leicester City.
What’s the word?
da realsbet： Liverpool’s academy product has recently been mentioned in the same breath as Kevin De Bruyne and one outstanding performance over Christmas vindicated that growing trend.
The marauding full-back was in scintillating form against a fellow title contender, providing two sumptuous assists before rounding off a complete performance with a long range effort.
His performance deservedly earned him a place in Garth Crooks’ team of the week, and this is what the pundit had to say about him, per BBC.
“After his performance against Leicester I was in no doubt that this rather precocious talent had to be in my TOTW regardless of what took place against Wolves.
“Two assists and a sumptuous goal did it for me. Liverpool came back from a long roundtrip to Qatar where they won the World Club Championship, only to return to the Premier League and demolish Leicester City.
“Alexander-Arnold was the main cause of the hosts’ downfall. In fact it was that bad, Leicester were practically chased out of their own town.”
A £99m footballer – at least
Perhaps the biggest indicator of the extent of Alexander-Arnold’s development lies within his Transfermarkt valuation.
At just 21 years of age he is worth a whopping £99m, which makes him more valuable than Virgil van Dijk as the third most valuable player at the club.
Manchester United and Manchester City’s respective deals for Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£50m) and Kyle Walker (£53m) suggest the going rate for a top quality English full-back is around the £50m mark, and the fact Liverpool’s star in the making is worth double that speaks volumes about his talent.
Not only are we talking about an excellent full-back with, all being well, at least a decade of football still to play at the top level, we are witnessing the emergence of a phenomenally gifted footballer who can transform any game with one swipe of his right boot.
Players of his ilk only come round once in a generation and Liverpool are blessed to be the club boasting him in their ranks.
He is worth £99m at the very, very least.
The scary thing is that the best is yet to come.
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