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Real Madrid come up with new nickname for Trent Alexander-Arnold just weeks into his career in Spain

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Updated 12:36 2 Jul 2025 GMT+1Published 12:15 2 Jul 2025 GMT+1

Real Madrid come up with new nickname for Trent Alexander-Arnold just weeks into his career in Spain

The former Liverpool right-back registered his first assist for Los Blancos during their victory over Juventus on Tuesday.

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Real Madrid have already come up with a new nickname for Trent Alexander-Arnold following their 1-0 win over Juventus in the Club World Cup round of 16 on Tuesday.

Alexander-Arnold, 26, provided the assist for Gonzalo Garcia’s headed goal, which saw Real Madrid progress to Saturday’s quarter-final clash with Borussia Dortmund.

After the game, Los Blancos goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois described the England international as being “horrible” to face in training.

Speaking to DAZN, the Belgian said: "I think he could have already had a few in these four games. His pre-assist against Pachuca was also really good. In training he’s horrible, his kicking is amazing. His free-kicks, his corner kicks are really on another level."

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He added: "I don’t think I saw some guy with his quality of kicking and crossing so as a goalkeeper sometimes it’s a nightmare. But it keeps you on edge and keeps you working hard, trying to save them, to make him better and myself better."

Trent Alexander-Arnold in action for Real Madrid (Credit:Getty)
Trent Alexander-Arnold in action for Real Madrid (Credit:Getty)

Also speaking after his side’s victory, head coach Xabi Alonso said: "We were caught out by [Kenan] Yildiz's position in the middle. Everything takes time, but I have faith in him [Alexander-Arnold].

“He's a reliable full-back and so is [Dani] Carvajal. We will improve from the collective side to the individual and not the other way around.”

And according to the club’s social media channels, the 26-year-old has a new nickname.

Following his side’s victory, the club posted two photographs of Trent alongside Real Madrid teammate Arda Guler, accompanied by the caption: “Trent Asistencias-Arnold."

Of course, the Liverpudlian’s name has already been of interest following his move to Real Madrid.


When speaking at his official unveiling on June 12, the right-back explained how he was to wear ‘Trent’ on the back of his match shirt rather than ‘Alexander-Arnold’.

“Quite an easy explanation,” he said at his press conference. “I’ve always found when I travel to Europe that the whole name situation confuses a lot of people, as there are three names and double-barrelled.

“People call me Arnold, people call me Alexander, people call me Alex, people call me Trent, there's a lot that goes on.

“So I thought, let's make it easy, Trent on the back, and be known as Trent. That's my name so I guess that's what people will call me.”

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Real Madrid, Football, Thibaut Courtois, Xabi Alonso

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