When Trent Alexander-Arnold requested a face-to-face meeting with Arne Slot during the March international break, Liverpool feared the news they had long dreaded.
While Liverpool fans may be disappointed, the club must accept that a player’s desire to test himself elsewhere is a natural part of football.
While Liverpool fans may be disappointed, the club must accept that a player’s desire to test himself elsewhere is a natural part of football.
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00:00When Trent Alexander-Arnold requested a face-to-face meeting with Arne Schlott during the March international break, Liverpool feared the news they have long dreaded.
00:10The 26-year-old sideline with an ankle injury had already sparked rumours after Liverpool's Carabao Cup defeat by Newcastle United.
00:18And now after months of speculation, Alexander-Arnold delivered the message he would not be renewing his contract.
00:25After 20 years at Liverpool where he had won everything, the vice-captain craved a new challenge, one that would see him proving himself at the biggest club in the world.
00:36Since then, the question has been when and how to tell the millions of Liverpool supporters who hoped he would commit for another four years.
00:45True to form, Alexander-Arnold opted for a video message just like his former manager Jurgen Klopp had done in the past.
00:53But the burning question remains, where will he go?
00:56No contract with Real Madrid has been signed, but all signs point to the Bernabeu.
01:00If you're looking at academy players in recent years, certainly, you know, maybe only Steven Gerrard who passes him.
01:10You know, you have to go back to the 80s with some of the names like Phil Thompson.
01:14But, you know, when you're thinking of more and more times, there's probably only Steven Gerrard that sits higher than him.
01:24And Steven Gerrard didn't win a Premier League trophy since Alexander-Arnold won when he was, what, five years ago, maybe he was 21.
01:32Still, he's won the Champions League and the Premier League by then.
01:37As you say, the way he plays that right-back position, it's been like no other.
01:42I mean, Philipp Lahm, maybe, Bayern Munich, was one who played similar.
01:47But the prowess he has on the ball is something like we have never seen in the Premier League from a full-back.
01:56While Liverpool fans may be disappointed, the club must accept that a player's desire to test himself elsewhere is a natural part of football.
02:05Alexander-Arnold's departure is inevitable, but it's not the end.
02:09His future at Anfield, even if it's not a player, will remain strong.