Liverpool star Alexis Mac Allister ‘hopes to return to Argentina’ as he discusses future

Alexis Mac Allister has been a cardinal fig for Liverpool since joining the nine successful the summertime of 2023, but has hinted helium could permission Anfield earlier the extremity of his playing days

Alexis Mac Allister has confessed helium harbours dreams of returning to Argentina to wrapper up his shot career.

The Liverpool prima kicked disconnected his playing days with Argentinos Juniors, earlier past jetting implicit to England to motion with Brighton and Hove Albion successful 2019, though not earlier enjoying indebtedness spells backmost with his puerility nine and with Boca Juniors.

After 4 years with the Premier League club, helium clinched a £35million power to the Reds arsenic 1 of Jurgen Klopp's last coups successful the summertime of 2023. Since donning the Liverpool kit, the midfielder has dazzled, cementing his presumption astatine the bosom of Arne Slot's team.

With Liverpool apical of the Premier League and among the favourites to assistance the Champions League, Mac Allister's been pivotal, churning retired prima performances that person the Kopites hoping helium stays enactment for galore years to come.

But similar galore stars from South America, World Cup winners specified arsenic Marcos Acuna and Gonzalo Montiel person returned to their homeland to bask the last section of their careers.

Mac Allister admits it's a imaginable he'd "love" erstwhile the twilight of his vocation dawns, but helium signals there's much to see earlier making specified an important decision, reports the Liverpool Echo. "Every Argentine subordinate thinks astir returning home," helium revealed successful an interrogation with La Media Inglesa.

"Then determination are cases wherever 1 starts to deliberation much astir family, information oregon however the state is. These are idiosyncratic decisions. I would emotion to instrumentality to my country, I ever accidental it, it is simply a state that I love. Beyond the atrocious things we have, we person galore bully things. I anticipation I tin instrumentality astatine immoderate point, but it volition beryllium successful the future."

In an outpouring of respect for Argentina's caput manager Lionel Scaloni, who has guided Mac Allister passim his planetary career, the midfielder credited him for kickstarting his travel astatine the top. "The 1 who changed my vocation was Scaloni due to the fact that helium had the balls to springiness maine a place," helium declared.

After Argentina's stunning upset by Saudi Arabia successful their 2022 World Cup opener, Mac Allister recovered himself centre signifier against Mexico successful what was a do-or-die lucifer for La Albiceleste.

"We were successful a win-or-win situation, and helium inactive had the courageousness to say, 'let's enactment Alexis, who is 21 years aged and has ne'er played successful a World Cup match'. I volition ever convey him for that. Then you person to execute connected the pitch, which is the hardest part," the midfielder recollected fondly.

Reds fans request not interest conscionable yet though; the talismanic Mac Allister remains contracted to Liverpool until 2028. He is expected to play a portion successful Wednesday's last ever Merseyside derby astatine Goodison Park. A triumph for the Reds against David Moyes' Everton would propel them 9 points up of an injury-ridden Arsenal astatine the acme of the table, with lone 14 games near to play.

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