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'We don't want them to think they've made it': Liverpool kit manager reveals the reasoning behind Trent Alexander-Arnold's 'weird' No 66 shirt... and right-back has no plans to change it!

Liverpool's kit manager has explained the reason why Trent Alexander-Arnold wears the number 66.

The England international has always worn the high number even though many take a lower number when they become a regular in the first-team.

'When we get any young lads that come down from the Academy, we always deliberately try to give them a high-ish number,' Radcliffe explains to Liverpoolfc.com.

'We don't like to give them a low number in case they sort of think they've made it straight away, if you know what I mean.