Trent Alexander-Arnold

[baitman]

[peterbread]

I’ve not really read through others reactions but for me I’m past caring about individuals at Liverpool and who comes in and who goes.

I support the team and don’t really worry about who is in that team. I don’t really have favourites I think I like them all as long as they aren’t dickheads and behave in ways I don’t like on the pitch. I will have an opinion on them but I can’t get attached or emotional about them. Too many players have come and gone and the worry about how will they be replaced is long gone.

I started supporting Liverpool at the end of the dominate period and saw a couple tittle wins but was too young to appreciate them and how hard they are to win. Having gone through all those ups and downs and false dawns and getting drawn in to players and managers I just can’t be bothered with it. No room in my life for that unnecessary stress. Just enjoy the games and want to see the team play good entertaining football and players representing the club in the right way. I don’t want to see some of the behaviour you see at other clubs and am happy Liverpool have for the most part been more sportsmanlike.

Good luck to Trent, I’ve enjoyed watching him play and got very frustrated with him too. He’s done it all at the club and nowadays I get the want to play in a different country and to experience different cultures. I get the frustration with how he’s done it but for me it’s just not worth thinking about. Time to move on and look forward to a new dimension to the team next season. The team goes on and will be better next year not because he’s gone but because that’s the trajectory at the moment.

[Exiled_red]

As has been pointed out he's not as bad a defender as some like to think, but for the best part of the last couple of years he hasn't been busting a gut to get back, he has moved into the more hybrid role which has been more to accommodate him that for the benefit of the side, and to be honest I am not sure it has really worked out. He is a great passer and can start counter attacking in a way that most other players can't but I'm not sure that outweighs the changes we have had to make to accommodate him. To be honest I don't think he was worth the wages we offered him based on his performances the last couple of years.

I don't wish him any ill, he has been a good servant to the club, he has won 2 titles and everything you can win, not sure how Madrid will work out for him, personally I have my doubts but it's his call. He has made his decision knowing the likely consequences and IMO that decision means he won't be regarded as an LFC legend.

[red g]

He choose to put 40m in his bank than the clubs, Can hardly blame him but don;t give us the sob sob story after.

[spud_gun]

Slot will be devastated. Trent is a phenomenal footballer and Slot would love to keep him. Saying otherwise is similar to the clowns last year saying the new manager will be hoping Salah is going so they don't inherit 'that problem'.

Slot will have know pretty early on into his tenure that TAA was off and he and the recruitment team will have had meetings to discuss replacements.

At least I hope thats what has happened and that today's announcement isn't coming as a surprise to anyone at the club....other than the odd tour guide

[dom9]

I'm more irritated that we lost yesterday than Trent leaving.

It's been a near certainly since the beginning of the season, so literally no surprise.

He'll be missed. He's local and he has a particular skill set which is unique in world football.

But no one owes anyone anything in work, let alone in football - beyond contracted benefits. The same is for all of us in all of our jobs.

It's fair to say we've got our money's worth from him, and we've been super successful in cashing in handsomely on the lesser talents from the academy.

It's a shame he's gone to Madrid though. I do detest them, maybe more than any other club. But that's his choice.

[Sus]

I don’t comment often at all, am a serial lurker, but this has me absolutely fuming! He’s known for two years that he was going and instead of respecting the club and us fans and dealing with it properly, he winds down contract so he can leave for free, just great that.

I know many say he owes us nothing, he’s won it all with us, gave us great memories blah blah blah, yes I suppose he did, but he also stood there, kissed the badge and told us that this was his forever club, his dream was that he wanted to captain the club etc etc, all bull****. His behaviour and his playing over last couple of seasons has at times been diabolical and we all stood up for him and supported him as one of our own, only for him to do this. People were pissed off with Coutinho, least he had the respect and courage to tell us he wanted to go, we got a decent fee and reinvested, he didn’t rat us out of 80-100 million.
Some making a lot of the 20 year thing as well, like he’s given us his soul for 20 years, think it’s way short of that, not to mention the club has invested everything into him during those years as well, it does go both ways. He’s dead to me now, will not be remembered for the goals, the amazing passes, the Barca corner or certainly not his defending, but instead be remembered for being a rat Judas!
Rant over…….back to lurking now ha ha ha ha

Some top quality lurking there Irishgit - 24 posts in almost 20 years

Are you related to Irishnev?

[Kenneth]

A scenario where he's paid £40m of the transfer budget upfront in cash and give £400k of the wage budget is one where Slot may be dubious. And that's the actual scenario by most accounts. After the Virgil and Mo signings, there's a good chance it could materially impact his transfer budget, and I suspect he might value spending big on positions like the number 9 more than fullbacks. On football manager with cheat codes, I'm sure he'd be desperate to keep him, but maybe it's more fantasy football, and Trent's price is disproportionately high.

[RedReet]

Slot will not be devastated. Players being mercenary is part of football, as it is for clubs. Trent and his brother have won this particular game.

Fair enough, decestatsd is maybe a bit strong.

But there is no scenario in which Slot wouldn't keep Trent, if given the opportunity.

[Tatterdemalion]

Taa - Ra, La. Ta, but whatever. He doesn't bring much dynamism these days. I think we'll miss the accurate ranging passes & free kicks initially, but he's not the first player to develop those skills, nor the only one we have capable of it. Annoying to lose him for free, but we got him for nothing..

[Catrin]

Slot will not be devastated. Players being mercenary is part of football, as it is for clubs. Trent and his brother have won this particular game.

[RedReet]

I agree, and I don’t see Slot crying himself to sleep tonight either.

Slot will be devastated. Trent is a phenomenal footballer and Slot would love to keep him. Saying otherwise is similar to the clowns last year saying the new manager will be hoping Salah is going so they don't inherit 'that problem'.

[kingfunk]

I just dont think he is that good anymore. He should be at his peak now, but what does he offer other than some sweet passing? His years of double digit assits are long gone, and while I thought he was our most important player 5-6 years ago, he is a long way from that now. Apart from the lack of fee, I just dont care. Im more excited for who is going to come in and give us a boost down the right, tbh.

I agree, and I don’t see Slot crying himself to sleep tonight either.

[Charly]

I just dont think he is that good anymore. He should be at his peak now, but what does he offer other than some sweet passing? His years of double digit assits are long gone, and while I thought he was our most important player 5-6 years ago, he is a long way from that now. Apart from the lack of fee, I just dont care. Im more excited for who is going to come in and give us a boost down the right, tbh.

[The_weatherman]

I don’t comment often at all, am a serial lurker, but this has me absolutely fuming! He’s known for two years that he was going and instead of respecting the club and us fans and dealing with it properly, he winds down contract so he can leave for free, just great that.

I know many say he owes us nothing, he’s won it all with us, gave us great memories blah blah blah, yes I suppose he did, but he also stood there, kissed the badge and told us that this was his forever club, his dream was that he wanted to captain the club etc etc, all bull****. His behaviour and his playing over last couple of seasons has at times been diabolical and we all stood up for him and supported him as one of our own, only for him to do this. People were pissed off with Coutinho, least he had the respect and courage to tell us he wanted to go, we got a decent fee and reinvested, he didn’t rat us out of 80-100 million.
Some making a lot of the 20 year thing as well, like he’s given us his soul for 20 years, think it’s way short of that, not to mention the club has invested everything into him during those years as well, it does go both ways. He’s dead to me now, will not be remembered for the goals, the amazing passes, the Barca corner or certainly not his defending, but instead be remembered for being a rat Judas!
Rant over…….back to lurking now ha ha ha ha

This is sort of where I'm at, I mean it's not like I'm thinking about this offline or getting me down in life, but I do feel he's the shafter and the club is the shaftee. Coutinho leaving allowed us to strengthen, Trent leaving is bad on and off the pitch, yes we'll replace him but it'll cost and the way transfers and PSR work, you have to sell well as well. Dick move and a setback.