After Trent Alexander-Arnold spoke on his contract state of affairs, many Liverpool followers admitted that his feedback hadn’t eased their lingering doubts about his future.
Along with his contract expiring on the finish of the season, Alexander-Arnold informed reporters on Sunday: “I’ve all the time mentioned I need to captain the membership. That could be a purpose of mine, whether or not that occurs is out of my arms.
“I need to be a Liverpool participant this season (at least) is what I’ll say.”
And when requested about essentially the most vital a part of his decision-making course of, he added: “An important factor is all the time trophies. I need to win trophies.
“I’m a participant who is very motivated by profitable issues and being elite. That’s most likely the primary issue of something. When you have a persona that’s elite, who desires to win and can do something to win then that’s what drives them.
“Look, I’ve been on the membership 20 years now. I’ve signed 4 or 5 contract extensions and none of these have been performed out in public. This one gained’t be both.”
With the prospect of enjoying for Actual Madrid and the probably silverware that may carry looming, most supporters interpreted these feedback negatively for Liverpool.
It does, although, recommend that ought to the Reds be competing on the prime desk, he can be content material to remain.
For now, solely Alexander-Arnold is aware of what’s happening inside his head as followers on-line speculate over his future.
… even when they don’t succeed they should give it a bloody good go, and from the surface it doesn’t seem as if that has been/is the case. You’d wish to suppose, from a Liverpool supporters’ perspective, that internally the image may be very totally different.
— Sachin Nakrani (@SachinNakrani) September 23, 2024
“I’m not an expert footballer but when I had been, as a Liverpudlian, there may be nothing extra necessary than enjoying for LFC, trophies or not” – John Heaps on Fb.
The contract state of affairs with Trent might go both method. If the membership don’t spend money on the squad and we simply stand nonetheless he’s off and you’ll’t blame him, let’s hope that’s not the case and it types itself out. It is going to be an enormous failure by the membership if he doesn’t keep
— KopiteRedsTV (@KopiteRedsTV) September 22, 2024
“It’s such a unique dialog when the participant has the choice of a free switch, although. We’ll see” – Aphex within the feedback.
“If he finally ends up happening a free then that’s even worse. If he has no intention of staying then why not simply go and ensure the membership that he supposedly helps get one thing for him?” – Steven Milroy on Fb.
“I’m not fearful about Trent, his blood is pink. I’m not fearful about Huge Virg, the place would he go to be captain of a world class group for the time being? ” – Trex1 within the feedback.
“It’s weird bordering lunacy we’ve let all three contracts run all the way down to the final eight months particularly as FSG function on such a decent monetary guidelines with transfers. I get wages play the largest half however they now danger all three leaving without cost” – Patrick P within the feedback.
“He’s despatched a sign to the membership he desires to remain. Over to the board now to take a seat down and negotiate, not simply with Trent, with Virgil and Mo” – RayProudfoot within the feedback.
