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title: "Footage shows Alexander-Arnold excelling in midfield at youth team level"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
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published: "2020-02-11T18:00:00Z"
modified: "2020-02-11T18:00:00Z"
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# Footage shows Alexander-Arnold excelling in midfield at youth team level

Trent Alexander-Arnold has enjoyed a meteoric rise at Liverpool over the past couple of years.

From being a [highly-rated academy prospect](https://www.thisisanfield.com/2015/11/6-academy-playe-at-liverpool/), the 21-year-old has become [one of the best right-backs](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/gallery/ranked-10-best-right-backs-world) in world football.

He was gradually brought into the team by Jurgen Klopp, but he hasn’t looked back, becoming the [youngest-ever](https://tribuna.com/en/liverpoolfc/news/3379109/) player to appear in back-to-back Champions League finals.

Alexander-Arnold may be excelling at right-back, but it hasn’t always been his preferred role.

The youngster was a formidable midfielder during his academy days, as the following video from [Scout Nation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTxz-w8Dsbk&feature=emb_logo) proves:

[Trent Alexander-Arnold In Midfield? Watch This! (embedded)](https://www.youtube.com/embed/LTxz-w8Dsbk?feature=oembed)

It shows Alexander-Arnold as the midfield powerhouse he once was, as he looked to emulate childhood [hero](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-trent-arnold-steven-gerrard-17073538) Steven Gerrard.

It will be very interesting to see if Klopp uses the Englishman in midfield years down the line, or whether he now views right-back as a position he has made his own.

Either way, Liverpool have an extraordinary young talent in their ranks – one who, assuming he avoids serious injury, has every chance of captaining the Reds one day.