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11th January 2023
12:39pm GMT
More than that, he currently sits third in the list of most assists by a defender in the Premier League with 45 to his name, just nine behind the leader, who also happens to be his teammate, Andy Robertson - who boasts 54.
In the brilliant book Red on Red which delves into the history of United and Liverpool's fierce rivalry, it is revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson once tried to sign the Liverpool hero.
Ferguson is of course the most successful manager in Premier League history, and even though he publicly stated that his main goal in football was to "knock Liverpool off their perch", the Scotland native could still appreciate talent when he saw it.
In an extract from Phil McNulty and Jim White's wonderfully written book, the story behind the potential switch from Anfield to Old Trafford is explained.
In 2011 he tried to use family ties to bring a young full-back he had seen playing for a Liverpool Academy side to Old Trafford.
When he discovered Trent Alexander-Arnold's uncle was John Alexander, United's then club secretary, he moved swiftly into action, offering the boy the chance to switch 35 miles up the M62.
But the young Trent was a passionate Liverpool fan and had been brought in Merseyside on the great divide. A fact he would demonstrate some years later when he left the field following Liverpool's 5-0 win at Old Trafford in October 2021, gleefully conducting the booing as he walked down the tunnel.
There was no way the player, these days eulogised by an Anfield chant as 'the Scouser in the team', was signing for United.
His response to Ferguson's invitation ten years earlier had been brief: 'My mum doesn't like driving on motorways' was all he said.
Just imagine, if Trent's mother wasn't so averse to driving on motorways then the career of the young Englishman could have been very different indeed.
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