Trent Alexander-Arnold will be forced to ditch the shirt number he has always worn for Liverpool once he completes his move to Real Madrid.

The 26-year-old has donned the iconic number for well over 300 games, and that era will come to an end once he leaves Anfield for the Spanish capital.

The rules in Spain dictate that any player named in a 25-man La Liga squad must wear a number between 1 and 25.



Unless Los Blancos do some off-season reshuffling, Alexander-Arnold is set to land a number he has never worn before.

Trent Alexander-Arnold will be banned from wearing iconic shirt number at Real Madrid	Why Trent Alexander-Arnold can’t wear his iconic shirt number at Real Madrid	Revealed: Why Trent Alexander-Arnold won't be allowed to wear his favourite shirt number 66 at Real Madrid

The Reds academy product went against the grain by sticking with 66 for so long.

"We don't like to give them a low number in case they sort of think they've made it straight away, if you know what I mean.

"You pick it out because it's a free number and it's around that sort of number you think, 'We'll give that out because he's only just come down'.

It's weird to see such a high number and for someone to be happy with it!

"I think he's that laid-back that he's obviously been given the number and thought, 'Yeah, that'll do me.

I'll keep that', and not realised how iconic it's become over the years."

Alexander-Arnold has been out of action since suffering an ankle injury against Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month.