Alongside a strong central defender — Antonio Rudiger or Eder Militao — and the pace of Raul Asencio on the opposite side of the back three, Trent Alexander-Arnold would be able to push on down the right, while Vinicius Jr and Mbappe could drift towards the left flank to combine.

Madrid have already backed Alonso with over €100million spent on Dean Huijsen, young Franco Mastantuono and Trent Alexander-Arnold, having stumped up a fee to re

Real Madrid have eased into the Xabi Alonso era pretty well. After a draw in Alonso's first game in charge, Los Blancos have picked up back-to-back wins against