Alexander-Arnold dreams to captain the Reds as he views Henderson as a true leader


Alexander-Arnold dreams to captain the Reds as he views Henderson as a true leader

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Trent Alexander-Arnold aspires to become the captain at Liverpool and wants to achieve the levels of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

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The 21-year old has grown since his debut at the Merseyside club and has a whole career ahead of him to become Europe’s best right-backs.

Arnold has aided the Merseyside to their Champions League triumph and the historic league win after 30 long years.

Arnold in an interview with The Telegraph said:

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“Becoming Liverpool captain eventually motives me every day,”

“Whether it happens or not, I feel it is my job at Liverpool to lead by example. I always try to do that now – to be an example for the younger lads coming through.

“I feel as though I am part of a team where everyone is influential and helping each other. That is what captains do. They lead and drag the side through tough times, and motivate the players alongside them.

“If you look at Ronaldo and Messi, it is the same. You never see them relaxing. Ronaldo has won five Champions Leagues. If you asked him if he was happy with that, he would say, ‘A little bit, but I want another one’.

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“As an athlete, it would be weird not to have that competitive nature. You need goals and ambitions.

“For the last two seasons, that ambition was to win the biggest trophy so far as Liverpool are concerned, which is the Premier League. Coming close last year was tough. Next season will be the same. It is a natural reaction for us as players to keep pushing to achieve what others have not done.”

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The 21-year old slams the former veteran Manchester United right back Gary Neville:

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“I think about how I can go about becoming the best right-back the Premier League has ever seen,” Alexander-Arnold added.

“When everyone picks their best ever Premier League team, I want my name to be in their team and not his!” – he joked.

Alexander-Arnold equalled the Premier League record for the most assists by a defender in a season, with his two assists in the match raising his tally to 11.

The Merseyside native says current Liverpool captain is an inspiration and looks at the 30-year old for guidance:

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“Hendo was big,” he said. “I never really had an amazing bond with any of the lads because I’ve always been quiet, but he just made me comfortable being around them type of lads.

“He made me not be afraid to make mistakes, and not feel as though I’m not as talented as the other lads.

“After that I wasn’t overthinking asking for the ball, so I’d take more risks and, by doing that, I became a better player.”

Arnold made 127 senior appearances and has remained consistent with his assist making lob passes. The 21-year old loves dribbling through the flanks of the opposition defence. He reveals his nervousness when he made his debut in 2016 in the Carabao Cup against Tottenham at Anfield:

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“They’d named the team and I was starting, and I remember being really confused because I hadn’t been expecting it!” he remembered.

“It was so nerve-wrecking because you’ve never played in front of 50-55,000 people before. But it was one of the best days of my life.”

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Klopp picked the Merseyside native in the first XI against arch rivals Manchester United:

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“We trained on the Saturday, and then travelled to Manchester and stayed over, just a normal matchday” – he said.

“And then we have a walk about three hours before kick-off, and the manager came over to me, put his arm round me and said, ‘Are you ready?’ I was so confused. He said: ‘Are you in?’ I said yeah, yeah. And he said: ‘OK, well I need you to start today.’ He said my face dropped.

“That’s how I felt, I was so shocked. I went back to my room and called my mum and she literally just burst into tears.”

“I was starstruck, I was nervous, I was really shy. But everyone tried to help me, they all understood how nerve-racking it was stepping up.” – he added

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 “I’d say that winning the Champions League was the happiest moment, definitely the happiest.”

“I feel as though my debut was my proudest because, even though I always dreamed of winning the Champions League and winning trophies, first and foremost, you need to make your debut and I knew once I’d played that game, I was a Liverpool player. No one could ever take that away from me.” – he concluded.

The 21-year old is ambitious as he said:

“People might think I’m a bit big-headed, but I know myself that I can get as high as I want to get to, defensively, if I work hard enough for it.

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“I feel as though the sky’s the limit, really.”

After securing their league title, Liverpool would take on Manchester City on 3rd of July in their upcoming Premier League game.

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