Why Reece James is better than Trent Alexander-Arnold

Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand, in a recent statement compared Chelsea’s Reece James to Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold.

And according to Ferdinand, James is better than Alexander-Arnold as the Chelsea star is overall a better full-back.

The former Man Utd star stressed that Alexander-Arnold is good in terms of quality of passing, but James could score more goals than his English counterpart.

When asked to choose between the two players if, hypothetically, he were to manage the England football national team in the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Ferdinand said on his Vibe with Five podcasts, “This is a difficult one. We are going where we are right now.

“Reece James is ahead of Trent right now. If I’m a winger, I look at who I don’t want to play against more out of the two of them and it would be Reece.”

Ferdinand added: “I think physically he can match people defensively, and going forward is ridiculous. Trent’s passing I would say, arguably is better over varied distances, but I think Reece will score more goals. He’s in there [the penalty area] so much.

“You could play Trent there as well and he would run it and both of them can come in here [central areas]. That is the one thing, he plays this position week in and week out. Trent plays more from the right-back area coming onto things.”