Trent Alexander-Arnold takes first step of Real Madrid high-wire act

The player’s Club World Cup bow in Miami will surely be the most scrutinised pre-season debut any footballer has faced.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, who insists everyone is “starting from scratch” as they try to take on board new Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso’s methods. Pic: Borja Hojas/PA Wire.

On Tuesday morning the Miami Herald carried a story about a Local Man arrested in Florida’s Polk County for breaking into a stranger’s house to make himself dinner and have a bath rather than going home to face his wife after an argument.

The Local Man, who has no criminal history, was apprehended just as he was settling in for a relaxing soak. He has since been charged with burglary. So on balance, and while an entirely tempting, innovative option, this is probably not the way to go.