Trent Alexander-Arnold shares touching moment with childhood after Liverpool’s FA Cup win as Reds star rekindles relationship at Anfield

Trent Alexander-Arnold humbly celebrated Liverpool‘s FA Cup triumph with his former childhood coach and Accrington Stanley manager John Doolan in a heart-warming moment.

The Liverpool vice-captain returned to form with a stunning goal in Saturday’s 4-0 third round cup victory against League Two Accrington after struggling in the previous match against rivals Man United.

Alexander-Arnold’s future at the Premier League leaders has been growing into an increasingly concerning problem as he weighs up whether to extend his stay or seek a move as a free agent in the summer.

Real Madrid have already had a January bid rejected for the England international and are expected to bring Alexander-Arnold to the club in the summer if Alexander-Arnold doesn’t sign a new Liverpool contract.

The 26-year-old finds himself in the same contract situation as Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk with each of the trio currently entering the final few months of their existing deals.

However, Alexander-Arnold looked to be loving his familiar surroundings after Liverpool’s cup win when he shared a touching moment with Doolan on the Anfield turf.

Trent Alexander-Arnold humbly celebrated Liverpool ‘s FA Cup triumph with his former childhood coach and Accrington Stanley manager John Doolan

Doolan had previously coached Alexander-Arnold as a six-year-old during the Liverpool star’s formative years

Doolan previously coached Alexander-Arnold during the celebrated full-back’s formative years as a six-year-old at the club where he has gone on to become a world class talent.

Footage shows the pair embracing for several moments in a warming moment despite the Accrington coach having just watched his side dumped out of the FA Cup.

Doolan then introduces Alexander-Arnold to a few of his players before pulling the Reds star over to the stands and appears to point him out to family and friends in the stands.

The Liverpool goalscorer looked delighted to have rekindled the boyhood relationship with his former mentor and Doolan recounted how he first worked with Alexander-Arnold.

‘I said before the game that I had coached Trent when he was six or seven and I don’t know whether he remembers it,’ said Doolan. 

Alexander-Arnold and Doolan shared a touching embrace together after the match

‘Diane his mum probably would remember as she used to bring him to the training sessions.

At the end of the game I didn’t see Trent. I walked across to our fans and he turned up behind me in flip-flops and a big coat and just said “I remember”.

‘Then we just started chatting like I’d only been talking to him last week.

‘He is such a wonderful and humble guy. He is a top, top player. To do that shows the class that he has.’