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Nathan Bliss

FIFA 21 gamer spots Trent Alexander-Arnold's Ultimate Team with Kylian Mbappe and midfield hint

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold's FIFA 21 Ultimate Team has been revealed, after matching up against a player online, with the Reds full-back playing a 99-rated version of himself in midfield.

Alexander-Arnold was in fine form for the Reds in their last Premier League game, playing a major role in Mohamed Salah's stunning counter-attack goal against West Ham United on Sunday, a game in which they won 3-1.

Ahead of their upcoming Premier League game against Brighton on Tuesday, the full-back has been spotted playing FIFA 21 Ultimate Team online, with one lucky gamer matching up against the defender, who then posted his team on social media platform Reddit.

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But if you play FUT, you may not want to match up against Alexander-Arnold on the game, because the full-back's Ultimate Team is incredible, and it also includes a 99-rated version of himself, in midfield!

Professional footballers are often given special turquoise Pro Player cards of themselves by EA SPORTS to use on the FIFA 21 Ultimate Team game mode, with these special cards given a 99-rating and maxed out attributes, and Alexander-Arnold has got himself one too.

Another interesting thing about Alexander-Arnold's team is that he's decided to play the 99-rated version of himself in central midfield, with Man City full-back Kyle Walker featuring at full-back instead.

Trent Alexander-Arnold's Pro Player card on FUT 21 (EA SPORTS FIFA)

However, this decision also gives him the option to change to a 5 defender formation in-game, which would move Walker to centre-back and Alexander-Arnold into the full-back position.

Trent Alexander-Arnold's FIFA 21 Ultimate Team includes Reds teammate Alisson in goal, with Walker, Virgil van Dijk, Raphael Varane and Ferland Mendy in defence.

In midfield, Alexander-Arnold himself is included alongside Kylian Mbappe, Bruno Fernandes, Ronaldo (Icon) and Ruud Gullit (Icon), with Cristiano Ronaldo up front.

You can check out his full team below, courtesy of Reddit user MojetskiNoah, whose friend matched up against the Reds defender online.

Trent Alexander-Arnold's FIFA 21 Ultimate Team (https://www.reddit.com/user/MojetskiNoah/)

It might look a bit strange to see Mbappe in defensive midfield alongside Trent, but in the Ultimate Team game mode, it's all about chemistry.

Mbappe has been placed at CDM next to fellow French players Varane and Mendy in order to avoid getting a red link with Cristiano Ronaldo, so on kick off, Bruno Fernandes is likely to drop into Mbappe's position, or Ruud Gullit!

It has to be said that although the fact this team includes a turquoise Pro Player card of Trent Alexander-Arnold, this only confirms that it's his account, not that he was actually the one playing.

What do you make of Trent Alexander-Arnold's FIFA 21 Ultimate Team?

But from previous FIFA 21 broadcasts, including the ePremier League Invitational last year when he reached the final, we know Alexander-Arnold is one hell of a FIFA player, so it may well be him!

*FIFA 21 is out now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. The next generation version of FIFA 21 is also available now on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PlayStation 5.

Fans who jump into FIFA 21 can also benefit from Dual Entitlement, enabling them to upgrade their copy of the game from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5, or Xbox One to Xbox Series X/S at no extra cost.

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