{"id":81978,"date":"2026-09-07T11:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81978\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:05:13","slug":"jose-mourinho-considers-changing-trent-alexander-arnold-position-amid-real-madrid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81978\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho considers changing Trent Alexander-Arnold position amid Real Madrid crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho could be about to change Trent Alexander-Arnold’s position at the Bernabeu, with the team reeling from its first defeat of the season<\/p>\n

Luke Thrower Trends Writer<\/p>\n

10:52, 07 Sep 2026<\/p>\n

\"Trent<\/p>\n

Trent Alexander-Arnold could change position for Real Madrid in the Champions League(Image: (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images))<\/p>\n

Jose Mourinho could be forced to shift Trent Alexander-Arnold’s position, with the former Liverpool star potentially facing the need to fill some gaps during a possible crisis for Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

It comes as the right-back has faced an interesting start to the season, starting just one of three La Liga matches so far, as he competes with Denzel Dumfries for a role in the team. Alexander-Arnold<\/a> is looking to kick on from a disappointing previous season, where injuries and a lack of momentum saw him lose form and lack the opportunity to find the form that he had in his time at Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That’s what makes this season so crucial to his chances at the Bernabeu, though the introduction of Mourinho<\/a> and Dumfries has thrown something of a curveball at the England international.<\/p>\n

While Alexander-Arnold has not been the preferred option so far at right-back<\/a>, an opportunity to shine could come for him in the coming days, due to a crisis within the Real Madrid<\/a> squad in the Champions League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Los Blancos play host to Inter Milan in the opening match of this season’s competition, but Mourinho’s squad is ravaged with a mixture of suspensions and injuries that are causing something of a headache.<\/p>\n

Summer signing Bernardo Silva has carried over a one-match suspension to this year’s competition, following a red card he picked up for Manchester City against Real Madrid in last season’s round of 16 tie, which means he won’t be available for selection.<\/p>\n

Arda Guler and Eduardo Camavinga are also both unavailable due to suspension, with the pair also getting sent off in their previous Champions League encounter, meaning they are not available.<\/p>\n

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KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA – AUGUST 01: Jose Mourinho, Head Coach of Real Madrid, speaks with Trent Alexander-Arnold of Real Madrid during the pre-season friendly match between Real Madrid and Fiorentina at Woerthersee Stadion on August 01, 2026 in Klagenfurt, Austria. (Photo by Christian Bruna\/Getty Images)(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Add injury concerns for Aurelien Tchouameni and Thiago Pitarch to the mix, and Real Madrid has only Federico Valverde available as a natural midfielder.<\/p>\n

That could open the chance for Alexander-Arnold to make his move into midfield, having played there a few times for both club and country.<\/p>\n

While the former Liverpool star could make his move into the centre of the pitch, there is a chance that Jude Bellingham could play in a deeper role, prompting a change in the number ten position.<\/p>\n

Defender Dean Huijsen has also been tipped to fill the midfield void, with Mourinho set to mull over his options over the following day before making his decision.<\/p>\n

If Alexander-Arnold does feature centrally, then he could face off against an old friend of his. Curtis Jones now plays for Inter Milan<\/a>, following his exit from Liverpool, with the two academy graduates likely to come up against each other in the tie if the positional change is made.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether Mourinho will make that call or not, but it could give Alexander-Arnold the opportunity to shine that has been missing so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho could be about to change Trent Alexander-Arnold’s position at the Bernabeu, with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4297,2991,82,1643,1917],"class_list":["post-81978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-jose-mourinho","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid-cf","tag-trent-alexander-arnold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}