Liverpool criticised for ‘unforgivable’ Trent Alexander-Arnold situation as club legend outlines ‘anger’ among fans | OneFootball

Rumours have long been circulating linking Trent Alexander-Arnold with a move to Real Madrid at the end of this season when his contract expires and reports this week claim a deal is now close.

Now Jamie Carragher has weighed in with his thoughts about the Liverpool academy product seemingly leaving for Spain.

Speaking on ‘Stick to Football’ Carragher said: “Where I’m at is that as a local player and a Liverpool fan, Liverpool are in a position where they’re competing for the league and a European Cup every year. So, if you’re a Liverpool fan and a local player, I’m just disappointed that he doesn’t think that this is it.

“…It seems like there’s not one thing people are unhappy with – it’s leaving on a free or that he should have come out and told the club earlier – people are angry for three or four different things.

“I’m not angry about him going on a free. In an ideal world, Liverpool would get £70m or £80m for him to reinvest, but you can’t have it both ways as a supporter. If Liverpool sign someone on a free in the summer, we’d all be delighted, so does that mean that his former club should absolutely hate him?

“…I go back to an interview he gave on Sky Sports before Christmas, where he was given five options on which he’d pick as the most important 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 chose the Ballon d’Or.

“He wanted to be the first full-back that won the Ballon d’Or, and there’s nothing wrong with having ambition, but that didn’t go down particularly well with Liverpool supporters.”

The full-back’s decision has not gone down well with Liverpool supporters, and fellow pundit Gary Neville criticised Liverpool for not agreeing an extension with him sooner.

“With Trent, it’s unforgivable,” he said. “Whether you’re going through a turbulence in the boardroom or not, if you’re the owner of the club and you look at Trent two years ago, even if you have disruption in your sporting department, you look at him and think, ‘we’ve got to sign him up, he’s one of our own.’

“I said that I thought he had to get more serious about his defending. I’ve said that constantly, or else it will cause him problems. I think it will cause him a problem at Real Madrid, because they have Federico Valverde, who is playing right-back currently, and Dani Carvajal when he’s back.

“He’s going to have some serious competition. They are brilliant players, and he’s going to find it tough there.”