Since April, Trent Alexander-Arnold has subdued Leroy Sané in the Champions League quarter-final, shackled Cristiano Ronaldo in the final, made his international debut, become only the fourth teenager to represent England at a World Cup finals and now tamed Neymar, the world’s most expensive footballer. And Alexander-Arnold is still not yet 20.

Neymar received an embarrassingly low three in L’Equipe’s famously brutal rankings following Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-2 loss at Liverpool while Alexander-Arnold was awarded a commendable seven (behind only James Milner’s eight). Tactically and temperamentally, Alexander-Arnold showed his strengths by dealing with Neymar. He was not worried by the vaunted opponent, by this £198 million man occasionally bearing down on him, or by any need for circumspection because of Neymar’s reputation for diving. He stayed