Trent Alexander-Arnold has reiterated that Liverpool “means all the pieces” to him, with the right-back nonetheless feeling the identical approach as he did when he was six years previous.
Because the discuss round his contract scenario mounts up, Alexander-Arnold has pledged his ongoing love for Liverpool and insisted that he nonetheless feels the identical in regards to the membership as he did 20 years in the past.
The suitable-back was chatting with beIN Sports activities earlier this week when he was requested how a lot enjoying for the Reds means to him.
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“It’s the identical as what I’ve felt after I was six, after I first pulled the shirt on. It means all the pieces,” he mentioned.
“It’s a privilege, it’s an honour. I understand how many individuals want they have been in my place and I don’t take that with no consideration.
“It’s one thing that I labored actually, actually laborious for, so it’s one thing that I embrace and I like it.
“It’s one thing that I take pleasure in doing, each single time.
“It’s been over 300 occasions now that I’ve accomplished it, first-team soccer, most of these occasions have resulted in good outcomes, some haven’t, however by the nice and the unhealthy I’ve beloved placing the shirt on.”
These phrases could give encouragement to followers as they await developments in talks between Liverpool and their vice-captain, with it clear they’ll supply one thing no different membership can.
However there was additionally a way of finality in his phrases, regardless of his affinity to the membership, when he was requested about his favorite second.
“My debut. From the age of six, my dream was all the time to play for Liverpool. It was one thing that motivated me each single day of my life,” he defined.
“Coming by the academy, getting nearer and nearer and nearer to it, that was a motivation.
“Each coaching session I used to be like ‘I must be the most effective participant in coaching each single day and that can give me a greater probability in the long term’.
“As a result of if I might be the most effective participant in my age group then I can go into the subsequent age group.
“Then it was ‘can I be the most effective participant in coaching and finally I’ll be the most effective participant’ and maintain going and maintain going till finally it occurs.
“It was a protracted, lengthy journey and I mentioned to myself, it doesn’t matter what, ‘I would go on and play 500, 600 video games for Liverpool, I would play one recreation for Liverpool, I would play 300, I would play nonetheless many, however I would solely ever play one recreation for Liverpool’.
“The second I stepped out onto that pitch and the referee blew his whistle and I performed, if I received injured within the first minute, I’d nonetheless say I’d made my debut.
“And nobody can take that away from me, in any respect, nobody can ever take that away from me, that I made my debut. That was my dream, my one and solely dream as a toddler.”
