Liverpool hero John Aldridge rates Trent Alexander-Arnold a better midfield option than Thiago Alcantara.

The fullback has impressed in his advanced role in recent weeks.

And Aldridge wrote for the Liverpool Echo: "We're not playing flamboyantly, we're defending better but we couldn't have defended worse earlier in the season. There's belief there, Trent's been a revelation in midfield, I'd go as far as saying that's his new position - and I never thought I'd say anything like that - his future is there.

"Liverpool have to go out and get a really good right-back, it'll save so much money.

"For what he's doing, his vision, he can do what Thiago does, he's like a younger version of Thiago in some respects but he's quicker, more dynamic, he can defend better than Thiago."