Football Daily | Trent Alexander-Arnold takes Route 12 on his big day at Real Madrid

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!If the football doesn’t work out for him at Real Madrid, Trent Alexander-Arnold can try his luck as a regular panellist on the Spanish version of Just A Minute, a popular BBC Radio 4 comedy show, in which assorted comedians and luvvies are challenged to speak for one minute on a given subject without “hesitation, repetition or deviation”. Football Daily is prepared to concede that – written down like that – it actually sounds really boring, but readers who are unfamiliar with the show will just have to take our word for it when we say the show is actually very funny. Or at least it was when we last listened to it about 25 years ago. Of course there is no Spanish version of Just A Minute, almost certainly because most Spaniards of our acquaintance can speak for up to three hours uninterrupted on any given subject without hesitation, repetition or deviation. But we were certainly impressed when Alexander-Arnold stood behind a lectern in the bowels of the Bernabéu at his unveiling as a Real Madrid player, giving a welcome address of more than 60 seconds in what appeared to be perfectly fluent Spanish without once stuttering, pointing at a beer tap or bellowing “EGG AND CHIPS!!!” at the top of his voice.If I send you £740,000, will you please send me $1bn, as per the exchange rate on yesterday’s News, Bits and Bobs (full email edition) element about Gianni’s Club World Cup?” – Chris Hale (and 1,056 others).The solution to England’s problems is staring the FA in the face: sack Thomas Tuchel immediately, appoint Ange Postecoglou now and, as usual, you’re guaranteed a trophy – mate, it’s the 2026 World Cup – in his second season” – Adrian Irving.Re: Mike Slattery’s call on naming suggestions for Gianni’s latest behemothic construction (yesterday’s Football Daily letters), it seems to me that, at least for this edition, Top Trumps would be appropriate” – David Ford.May I suggest Big Bucket? Or – with a bit more hype – the MegaMug?” – Derrick Cameron.Re: the question ‘is it OK to play in vintage football boots’ (yesterday’s last line, full email edition), I still have my Puma boots bought in 1970 – and keep them in their original Puma box. These weren’t bought because Pelé was wearing such boots at the 1970 World Cup, but because Leeds United’s Allan ‘The Sniffer’ Clarke (surely the greatest player ever to bestride the Football League, and not to be confused with the lead singer in The Hollies) favoured a pair. I’m now 73, so unfortunately cannot test the OK-ness of playing in them” – Paul Sanderson.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading...

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