It seems both unbelievable, and at the same time fitting, that a kid who kicked a football about in the shadow of the Liverpool training ground is about to write major history with the club.
As a child Trent Alexander-Arnold lived closed to Melwood, the famous Reds training complex, and would watch the stars in their big cars drive by past his front door. Now he is one of those stars, and incredibly, at the tender age of just 23, he will compete in his THIRD Champions League final for the club he supported as a boy.
Let that sink in for a second. Three finals at that age - younger than Paolo Maldini in his first final, younger than Real Madrid legend Raul, younger than Raphael Varane - to make him the youngest ever to do that in the history of the competition. It is remarkable for an unassuming lad, ‘The Scouser in the Team’, as the Kop adoringly sing, and he admits it is humbling for him.
