Real Madrid are looking to agree a deal with Liverpool worth about £1m for 26-year-old England full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold to join them before the Club World Cup. (Football Insider)

It is always helpful to imagine how the actions of a footballer might be perceived in real life, away from the moral codes of the sport. After unpunished violent conduct in a pre-VAR age you would sometimes hear about “being arrested if you did that on the street”.

The Liverpool icon feels Liverpool are entitled to a big sum given how much Real Madrid could soon be set to make