Trent Alexander-Arnold has been forced to change from his iconic No.66 following his move to Real Madrid, and I'm fumin' about it, mate. This is a load of bollocks if you ask me.
Bloody LaLiga rules
So, apparently LaLiga has this stupid rule that says all players must wear a number between 1-25, which rules out Trent's 66. What a load of crap! That matches up to the maximum squad size of players registered during a domestic campaign.
This daft rule has seen Barcelona unable to retire the No.10 shirt for Lionel Messi and Real not allowed to retire No.7 for Cristiano Ronaldo. I mean, what's the point of that?!
The strictness surrounding those numbers having to be used and available for the 25 registered squad players will see Alexander-Arnold have no choice.
Real Madrid's dumb rules
On top of that stupid LaLiga rule, Real Madrid also seem to have a club-specific condition made by that muppet president Florentino Perez.
And that could well have been what forced Jude Bellingham to move from his No.22 to No.5 at Los Blancos.
Real legend Zinedine Zidane revealed that Perez doesn't like players wearing high numbers and that he prefers 1-11 on the pitch. What a bellend!
Zidane said: "I picked the number five shirt because he [Perez] didn't want me to have 25, 30, 35. He said 'this is not football, this is American football' so in the end I got five."
So, even if LaLiga rules allowed the use of No.66 in the league, Alexander-Arnold would have likely been asked to change anyways. Bloody 'ell!
Trent's new number
Trent has worn multiple different numbers on the back of his kit for England, including 2, 7, 8 and 10. All of these were unavailable at Madrid, leading the No.12 to be the highest vacant number that he could choose.
Well, I'm gutted for Trent. He's a top lad and he deserved to keep his iconic No.66. But rules are rules, I guess. Even if they are a load of old bollocks.
