{"id":1151,"date":"2025-10-29T19:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:46:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:46:41","slug":"alexander-arnold-poised-for-liverpool-return-as-carvajal-suffered-injury-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/29\/alexander-arnold-poised-for-liverpool-return-as-carvajal-suffered-injury-setback\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander-Arnold poised for Liverpool return as Carvajal suffered injury setback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-40.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-40-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-40-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold could make his first return to Anfield against Liverpool after Real Madrid captain Dani Carvajal was ruled out with a knee injury, offering the Englishman a chance to start for his new club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold is in contention to face Liverpool for the first time since his summer departure, following Dani Carvajal\u2019s injury setback. The right-back left Anfield after a decorated spell, joining Real Madrid for \u00a310 million before his contract expired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since arriving in Spain, Alexander-Arnold has struggled to establish himself due to a hamstring issue that saw him substituted after just three minutes in the Champions League opener against Marseille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has since been limited to substitute appearances, including a place on the bench during Sunday\u2019s El Clasico, where Carvajal and Fede Valverde were preferred. Carvajal\u2019s injury, diagnosed as a loose joint in his right knee, means he will undergo surgery and miss upcoming fixtures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This development could see Alexander-Arnold handed just his fourth start for Real Madrid, potentially against his former club. The 26-year-old has been working diligently to regain full fitness and is now in line for a significant opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold could make his first return to Anfield against Liverpool after Real Madrid captain Dani Carvajal was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1153,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions\/1153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}