Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold's 'it's not my decision' admission speaks volumes

Liverpool's vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold is retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the play and the England planetary has been heavy linked with a determination to Real Madrid

Trent Alexander-Arnold has admitted helium would alternatively triumph the Ballon d’Or implicit captaining Liverpool oregon lifting a trophy with England.

Alexander-Arnold is presently Liverpool's vice-captain and has antecedently admitted helium wants to beryllium the full-time skipper 1 day. However, helium is retired of declaration astatine Anfield astatine the extremity of the play and has been heavy linked with a determination to Real Madrid.

He has besides been coy erstwhile asked astir his aboriginal plans and Alexander-Arnold has dropped a caller hint erstwhile asked what helium would alternatively execute retired of winning different Champions League title, winning the Ballon d'Or, becoming Liverpool skipper oregon winning a trophy with England.

Alexander-Arnold instantly discounted the Liverpool captaincy arsenic helium has already worn the armband earlier and it is "not my decision". He told Sky Sports : "[It's a dream], but I've already captained Liverpool.

"Technically I person already captained Liverpool. I mean, I would privation to beryllium Liverpool captain, but it's not my decision, truthful that can't truly beryllium successful [consideration here]. Winning a World Cup with England – that would beryllium immense and alteration the game, but I'd accidental triumph a Ballon d'Or.

"For sure. Because I judge I can. I privation to beryllium the archetypal full-back to ever bash it. It's lone the greeting aft you discontinue that you're capable to look successful the reflector and say, 'I gave it everything I got'. It doesn't substance however galore trophies you win, oregon however galore medals you've got.

"It matters what you springiness to the crippled and if you scope your afloat potential. [I privation to beryllium remembered as] a fable of football, idiosyncratic who changed the game. That is the main happening that I person - 'don't play the game; alteration the game'.

"I privation that bequest of being the top right-back to person played football. I person got to scope for the stars and that's wherever I judge my ceiling tin go."

Alexander-Arnold has spent his full vocation astatine Liverpool truthful far, but has admitted that winning trophies volition beryllium a cardinal origin successful whether helium decides to enactment oregon go. "The astir important happening is trophies, if I'm honest," helium said past month.

"I privation to triumph trophies. I'm a subordinate who's highly motivated by trophies and winning things and being elite. That's astir apt the main origin of anything. If you've got a property that is an elite jock that wants to triumph and volition bash thing to win, past that's what drives them."

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