Rangers assistant coach Michael Beale is proud to have worked with Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold.

At just 21 years old, Liverpool defender Alexander-Arnold has already achieved almost everything that a young academy player dreams of in his entire career and Beale reveals he saw it all coming.

The former Reds academy coach told Goal: "I saw him on my first day there in the Under-14s as a central defender, and he was different to anyone we [Chelsea] had.

"On my first day at Liverpool, they asked me which players did I like. I said I liked Trent and I thought he will play in the first team because when I looked across the pitches, he excited me as he was standing out above everyone else.

"I didn't know he would make it and at times I thought maybe I said that too early as he definitely had things to work on. He is lucky to have a good support network around him with his mum Diane. His brothers also really help him.

"He kept his support network small, which helps keep out noise and influence apart from his family and the people in the club. I think there was a lot of work he had to do. A bit like Mason Mount and Ruben Loftus-Cheek, I kept thinking, 'Wow, what will he become?' rather than 'wow, what is he now?'

"He has surpassed my expectations already. What my advice to Trent would be now is that you have achieved a lot early, but it is only five per cent of what you wanted to achieve. It is important that his success makes him hungry and I think it does. He has the same look in his eye that he had at 16 that he is hungry and he wants to get better. He makes me smile."