"The Times" paid attention to Arnold's situation after joining Real Madrid. The player has only played 156 minutes so far this season due to injuries.
Talking about Arnold's new life in Madrid, renting an apartment is a thing of the past. Now he has a fixed residence in the suburbs of the city. Three hours of language classes every week have continuously improved Arnold's Spanish level. He also often plays cricket outside of training.
In the locker room, Arnold has made many new friends. Mbappe, Vinicius, Huizen and Bellingham are all his closest friends. In order to strengthen the connection with the entire team, they hold a gathering every month. The most recent one was the celebration after defeating Barcelona. Notably, Arnold was pleasantly surprised that they were not harassed by paparazzi when they were out.
To some extent, the decision to move to Real Madrid was fully in line with Arnold's expectations. Part of the reason for leaving Liverpool was to meet new challenges and experience a different culture, and life off the field was also fully in line with his expectations for Spain. However, the real challenge was to start from scratch.
The Champions League returns to Anfield in the middle of this week, and Alexander-Arnold is unlikely to start at right-back, reflecting the complicated situation he encountered after leaving Liverpool. After refusing to renew his contract and leaving the club where he grew up for £10 million well below the player's actual value, Alexander-Arnold is expected to be booed by Reds fans in this game.
However, Arnold has kept in touch with his former colleagues and Liverpool staff. After Jota's unexpected death and the Champions League draw, Liverpool's former teammates took the initiative to contact him, and Salah, Konate and Robertson quickly expressed their confidence in ridicule. However, links with Reds captain Van Dijk appear to have diminished.
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