TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD is one of the three best right-backs in the world, according to Brazil legend Cafu.
The 52-year-old played in three World Cup finals in a row on the right of a back four between 1994 and 2002, so is well qualified to judge today’s very best.
Trent Alexander-Arnold has some high-profile admirersCredit: Getty
And Liverpool star Alexander-Arnold cuts the mustard for Cafu… when the Selecao legend can remember him.
Asked about his favourite right-backs by Marca in 2021, he said: “I really like Achraf (Hakimi), from PSG, and (Dani) Carvajal. Dani seems very good to me.”
Further quizzed on why he likes Carvajal, Cafu added: “Because he has personality.
“He is always at the forefront of attack, he defends very well, he attacks very well and, then, he is a boy who, taking away from this last period of injuries, has always maintained a regularity.
“Oh, and I’m not forgetting Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool, who is also very good.”
Alexander-Arnold has struggled for form this season as Jurgen Klopp’s side have slipped from title challengers to top-four hopefuls.
Questions have been raised over whether he works enough on the defensive side of his game.
But Cafu reckons that’s just the way the full-back position is developing.
Cafu added: “I really like that the full-backs progress, even without the ball.
“Some time ago there were no full-backs that reached the bottom line and now there are, and of quality, that is, they arrive and put a good centre in the area at the right place.
“It is a very tiring function, because they have to handle the whole band, but very showy and increasingly important.”
Cafu is widely regarded as one of the best right-backs of all timeCredit: EPA
