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Liverpool manager Arne Slot has shared why defender Trent Alexander-Arnold deserves to be a part of the team’s celebration despite the latter’s decision to leave the club.
While admitting that he was unhappy with Alexander-Arnold’s performances in training at the start of the season, Slot said everyone on the team should be involved in celebrating the Premier League title.
Trent-Alexander announced earlier this month that he was leaving his boyhood club and is expected to join Spanish giants Real Madrid.
The England international was booed by fans when he was put in the game against Arsenal as a substitute.
Responding to reporters on Friday on concerns surrounding Arsenal’s celebrations being overshadowed by a negative reaction to Alexander-Arnold, Slot said, “I haven’t decided on that one yet, but I think this should be a day that everybody is going to enjoy.
“It’s been 35 years; everybody is waiting for this moment.
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“I’m hoping that we can add a moment like this to it, and I think everybody that’s in this stadium deserves to be there — the fans, the staff, but also the players.
“One of my players is Trent, so he deserves to be there as well because he’s been part of an incredibly successful season and an incredibly successful few years at this club.
“He’s going to leave either way, so maybe it’s already a first gift I can give Xabi (Alonso, expected to be the new Real Madrid manager).
“But I wasn’t completely happy with every single minute he was on the training ground. So, in my opinion, at certain moments he could do a bit more, to say it mildly.
“I said to him, ‘You are a much better defender than everybody tells you, but unfortunately, you don’t show it all the time.’”
