The Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher admitted his disappointment to Trent Alexander-Arnold when the right-back centimeter closer to a free transfer To Real Madrid.
Madrid has been pursuing Alexander-Arnold for over a year, and it has long been aware that he can leave the La league giants this summer, but during the international break with the revelation that he had officially agreed a contract.
It means that Alexander -Arnold, who came through the Liverpool Academy, is about to leave his youth side for free -a fact that triggered considerable frustration in the Liverpool.
“Wherever I am, Liverpool is a local player and Liverpool fan in a position where you fight for the league and a European Cup every year” Stay in football Podcast when he tried to explain the reaction of followers.
“So if you are a Liverpool fan and a local player … I am just disappointed that he doesn’t believe that this is.
“I put myself in his position in which I would think that we could make a level with Manchester United in League trophies. I have another seven or eight years in Liverpool and would like to have three or four in front of you, with a few other European trophies.
“It seems as if there is no thing that people are dissatisfied with – it is free or that he should come out the club earlier. Should his former club absolutely hate him?
“If you are a local player, don’t cost anything – Trent is free, as Virgil van Dijk travels for £ 75 million, we would still break through again.”
Although Carragher tried to understand the motifs behind Alexander -Arnold’s decision, he asked whether the right -back’s wish to leave football a legacy – recently admitted to win the Ballon d’Or when a captain of Liverpool – was behind the decision.
“I think Trent is a player who looks at almost a brand, and that’s not just him, many players do it now,” continued Carragher.
“I’m going back to an interview that he handed over Sky Sport Before Christmas, where he received five options, for which he was selected as the most important thing for you – Captain of Liverpool, win the Champions League with Liverpool, win the World Cup with England or win the Ballon d’Or – and he decides for the balloon d’Or.
“He wanted to be the first full-back to win the balloon d’Or, and there is nothing wrong with having ambition, but that was not very good with Liverpool supporters.”