He’s only going to grow in importance, in case that wasn’t
obvious.
Trent Alexander-Arnold captained Liverpool for the first time in
the Champions
League tie against Midtjylland this week. It won’t be his
last.
His importance on the pitch has been obvious for all to see for
a few years now. His importance off it is starting to really come.
He’s a pillar of the football club going forward, as Jürgen Klopp
suggested to the Liverpool Echo.
“How you see the captaincy in this country is completely
different to [how it is] in Germany,” the Liverpool manager
explained.
“But I try to understand it despite most of my life being
educated in a different way.
“Being a captain, it’s not important who wears the armband, it’s
much more important how you behave all around and yes – Trent is
someone who will be involved in this kind of role in the
future.
“He is now already in parts playing this role, especially with
the younger boys in the team – they all have a similar pathway to
his.
“I don’t think he was the best ‘leader’ in the line-up of the
last game but the reason was that he has been the longest at the
club.
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“The players are all captains, if you want, when they are out
there but the decision for this was clear and it was Trent.
“When I told him, you could tell that it meant a lot to him –
that’s cool and it will be his role in the future when other people
finish their careers and he is preparing himself for that.
“He will, in the future, be the face of this club – and with
some others hopefully – but that is really nice.
“When I realised how much it meant to him, I was really happy
that I made the decision – even though the decision was a logical
one due to how long he’s been at the club.”
Alexander-Arnold is growing in stature, in importance, in value
off the pitch. The kid’s got the world at his feet, and he’s barely
even a kid anymore. The sky’s the limit.