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Trent Alexander-Arnold's rehabilitation is moving forward according to plan, raising a chance that the Real Madrid right-back may return soon enough to face his previous team Liverpool in the upcoming European encounter.

The 27-year-old player sustained a muscle strain while playing against French side Marseille in the group stage of the competition on September 16.

Alexander-Arnold exited the pitch in the fifth minute, with early estimates pointing to a potential absence of as long as a month and a half.

Real Madrid will travel to play at Liverpool on November 4 for the Champions League fixture—exactly over a month after the injury occurred.

Reports familiar with the player's condition suggest that the player's comeback is progressing positively, and there is hope that Alexander-Arnold may achieve his first return to Anfield after joining Los Blancos in the summer.

A longtime Liverpool fan, Alexander-Arnold earlier remarked that leaving the team he entered as a young academy player was the "most difficult choice he's ever made."

During his spell with the Merseyside club, Alexander-Arnold accumulated over 350 games, helping win two English top-flight championships, a European Cup, and the domestic cup.

After joining to the Spanish capital, Alexander-Arnold has featured on five occasions in various tournaments, totaling over two and a half hours of playing time.

Player Update

• The defender could miss a month and a half because of injury
• Real Madrid transferred funds to the English side to secure Alexander-Arnold sooner than planned
• The Englishman is in a battle for his place at both club and country football