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‘Why are you asking me that?’ – Lee Dixon’s question about England star’s shirt name leaves ITV commentator baffled

LEE DIXON left Sam Matterface baffled while on commentary for England’s clash against Croatia.

The Three Lions welcomed Croatia to Wembley for their penultimate Nations League group game.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold started the game for England against Croatia
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He wanted to know the reason behind his shirt just saying ‘Trent’

The match was full of fanfare for Harry Kane, who was making his 126th appearance for the Three Lions.

The landmark event saw Kane become the nation’s leading appearance maker.

Former England international Dixon was on commentary along with Matterface.

During the first half, he became inquisitive about Trent Alexander-Arnold‘s shirt.

The Real Madrid star only has “Trent” on the back of his shirt rather than his full surname.

Dixon asked: “What is the thinking with ‘Trent’ on the back of the shirt?

“Are you allowed any name you want?”

Matterface was left baffled by the question and the expectation that he would know the answer.

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The defender has just ‘Trent’ on the back of shirt

He replied: “Why are you asking me that question?”

Alexander-Arnold changed his shirt name to just “Trent” after joining Real Madrid in 2025.

He explained that the decision was made to “make it easy”.

He said: “People call me Alexander, Arnold, Alex and Trent. There’s a lot going on. So I thought, let’s make it easy.”

He also changed his handle on Instagram from ‘trentarnold66’ to ‘trent’.

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