{"id":258214,"date":"2025-07-12T06:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T06:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/258214\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T06:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T06:20:12","slug":"alexander-arnold-and-bellingham-at-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/258214\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander-Arnold and Bellingham at Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Real Madrid<\/a> legend Michel Salgado has exclusively told GIVEMESPORT that Trent Alexander-Arnold will seamlessly adjust to head coach Xabi Alonso’s demands following his switch from Liverpool<\/a> to the Bernabeu, while Jude Bellingham is on course to return to more of an attacking role in the upcoming campaign.<\/p>\n

Los Blancos are heading into next season with two England internationals in their squad, thanks to the former arriving from Anfield and penning a contract worth more than \u00a3500,000-per-week<\/a> when bonuses are triggered, and they will go head-to-head with the likes of arch-rivals Barcelona for the La Liga crown.<\/p>\n

Salgado Backing Alexander-Arnold to Thrive<\/strong><\/p>\n

England international joined Los Blancos from Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Trent<\/p>\n

Salgado is adamant that Alexander-Arnold is among the world’s leading right-backs and, having been tasked with leapfrogging Dani Carvajal in the pecking order, is on course to make an instant impression after embarking on a fresh challenge with Real Madrid. Speaking exclusively to GMS at the Club World Cup, the Bernabeu icon said:<\/p>\n

I think he is a world-class player. He is one of the best right-backs in the last few years, and he is a totally different player to Dani Carvajal. I think Xabi Alonso is going to have very, very good options with both because, for me, he has two of the best right-backs in the world right now.<\/p>\n

I think Trent is going to adapt very well to Xabi Alonso’s system because he likes the full-backs nearly as wing-backs. He wants them really high on the pitch, with big pressure. Trent is going to play a big part in this squad in the next years.<\/p>\n

Salgado also feels that Bellingham is on course to be handed a more advanced role – like he enjoyed during his first season on Real Madrid’s books – as Alonso looks to aid the central midfielder in his desire to rediscover his free-scoring form. The 49-year-old former Spain international added:<\/p>\n

I need Bellingham close to the box. I don’t need Bellingham coming back to receive the ball and to be too much in the build-up. He showed in the first year that he is a player with a special smell to go into the box.<\/p>\n

With Xabi Alonso, I think he is going to play that role. I think he is going to be the key player behind Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe. We’re going to see a different Bellingham this year compared to last season. We’re going to see the best version of Bellingham this year, for sure.<\/p>\n

Sign up to <\/strong>The GIVEMESPORT Report<\/strong><\/a> to get exclusive daily updates from Fabrizio Romano, Ben Jacobs, Dean Jones and Tom Bogert sent straight to your inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Los Blancos have had some incredible stars in their history including Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos, Zinedine Zidane and Alfredo Di Stefano.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid legend Michel Salgado has exclusively told GIVEMESPORT that Trent Alexander-Arnold will seamlessly adjust to head coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-258214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114838819731420508","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}