Xabi Alonso has insisted he was happy with what he saw from Trent Alexander-Arnold in the right back’s first outing for Real Madrid on Wednesday. Alexander-Arnold, whose free transfer from Liverpool was brought forward for the Club World Cup for a fee of €10 million (£8.

Xabi Alonso was confirmed as Real Madrid’s next manager earlier this summer after the departure of Carlo Ancelotti but one of his former Liverpool teammates has sent him a brutal message

Real Madrid have already made three summer signings in Dean Huijsen, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Franco Mastantuono, but more are expected to arrive after the Club World Cup concludes in July. Alvaro