When the giants from the Spanish capital visit Anfield, Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister has a habit of commanding attention. In 2024, Real Madrid arrived and departed beaten, with Mac Allister scoring. In 2025, the same happened. And in 2026, as Atletico Madrid prepared to kick off their Champions League campaign, Mac Allister delivered another dramatic intervention. This one did not involve angling a shot or planting a header past Thibaut Courtois.
Mac Allister implied he could have been lining up at Anfield on Wednesday in the colours of Atletico. “There were options to leave this summer,” he said. There may have been more reason to go with the message from Liverpool. “I received the news that the club was not in a position to offer me a new contract, which of course makes me very, very sad,” he said.
