Exclusive: Trent Alexander-Arnold on chasing success, leaving a legacy & career fears | ITV Sport

Liverpool and England star Trent Alexander-Arnold sits down with Gabriel Clarke for an in-depth chat about the first 8 years of his career, as well as looking ahead to the future
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[@kdjannie3214]

Kudos to TAA for his professionalism in this interview. Not taking the bait to criticize his prior role (or lack of) in the team.

[@chinksey-MEDIA]

TAA to Kudus and West Ham have themselves a consolation goal ⚒️

[@shu550]

It’s always Trent that has these interviews. 3 years ago the spotlight was on his defending, today it’s about trust and his ability when he’s the best RB in the world. Trent won the PL and CL by 21 years old, but there’s always a different tone when he’s in the hot seat.

[@Bleech606]

Thing is, no one highlights his good defensive displays. I've watched every Liverpool game this season and he's been excellent defensively. 1 error but that's about it. Kyle Walker made multiple in the Euros but he's beyond criticism apparently.

[@Xavier2312]

@@Bleech606 game against palace he got skinned a few times bud he is trash defensively. Against a decent winger it will cost us games and maybe a title. And I’m an LFC guy so no hate for him just reality

[@rebelwithacause8735]

​@@Xavier2312hate all around, there are no justifications. Cause you still never agreed that Kyle have been crap for a while, but still ain't gotten a hammering.

[@Xavier2312]

@@rebelwithacause8735 I agree Kyle’s been crap. He’s a hundred years old though so that happens.

[@rebelwithacause8735]

@@Xavier2312 excuses

[@MB24890]

I love Trent please stay at Liverpool ❤

[@Melb321]

He’s coming to Real Madrid 😛😛

[@Krazyaep]

@@Melb321glory hunter vardrid fan

[@ajay-xq3ze]

This interviewer did everything he could to try and get under his skin and he didn’t let him good on you lad

[@lvpbadger4504]

So much negativity towards Trent, not any player in the world can be as impactful as a RB as he is and as much of a impact player or good player as he is, he’s a red man through and through and as a LFC fan he is mr Liverpool and i hope he plays here forever till he retires

[@namz9574]

Why does the interviewer sound like a interrogator

[@kamsb]

lol enit sounds like the end of the world

[@kdaray8010]

I thought serial killer interview! 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikemwps]

@@kamsbbri ish yute

[@kamsb]

@@mikemwps yeah im british so what 😂😂

[@Bleech606]

This guy always sounds like this. Crap interviewer.

[@Nihyih]

Gabriel Clarke just asking provocative questions. Trent is so matured!

[@afnan.z4684]

He has such an elite mentality tbh 👏🏼, Also, that does not look like an interview it's more like an interrogation, I hope he didn't feel uncomfortable He didn't mention anything about leaving or staying people should chill there is nothing wrong with wanting to win trophies any player would want that and that does not say anything about his future with the club

[@mattinterweb]

Finally playing him in his position. We should see the best of him now. Unique talent.

[@epmoli]

Trent should remember what Jurgen said to Coutinho. Stay here and they will end up building a statue in your honour. Go somewhere else, and you will be just another player.

[@kamsb]

Yh but u cant be mad if he goes to madrid and is valuable in their team thats where u usually see the best in the world and thats a compliment for liverpool and to be proud of

[@epmoli]

@@kamsb I sincerely hope him all the best if he goes to Madrid. I might even support Madrid when they are not playing Liverpool. The madrid fans will never love him as much as Liverpool fans love their local lads.

[@edufuentes8020]

The same thing was said about Bellingham when he came to Madrid and I've never seen anybody get the love and praise he got as quick as Jude did. If Trent comes, delivers and gives his all we will love him here just like we do with all the players, doesn't matter if they are locals or not.

[@kamsb]

@@epmoli Yh ofc same as jude with birmingham etc. I even watch madrid now cos of jude and he’s english so I like to see how he does so I’d be even more wanting to watch madrid games every time but liverpool do need to spend the most on trent to keep him f*ck other signings idc bout them

[@epmoli]

@@edufuentes8020 Madrid fans are also very fickle. They will sheer when they are winning and boo/throw verbal assaults at you, as soon as the team loses.

[@swanhtet2482]

bro went full PR when he said "first and foremost I'm a defender so 2 clean sheets is what pleases me." I love you Trent but I hope you're not lying

[@themoreyouknow5784]

I was like 😂 you lyin ass lmao. He also mentioned he thinks he’s a game winner whether it’s by a pass, a cross, unlocking the defense… “or even defending the way you’re supposed to defend” lol. Defending is the last thing on his mind but I love him. I feel like he’s really not much of a liability on defense as people make him out to be

[@RealCarts]

@@themoreyouknow5784his defending has never actually been that bad, and this season he’s actually been even better, can tell you don’t actually watch him play.

[@andrewwright4195]

​@@RealCartsit just lazy because they don't like him

[@yxngchigga66]

Always trust the process of your own journey, with everything this man still has. Hope he puts the pen on paper for us and extends, top athlete!!

[@Sadikha1]

To think he potentially won’t be playing in 8 years is sad we need to enjoy it while it lasts😢💔 Shocking he hasn’t played 3 back to back games for England in his career and his next match might be just that, the best right back in the world plays for our country and Southgate barely played him is shocking, Trent seems much happier now and hopefully Lee Carsley plays him to his full potential and believes in him and the talent he has the future of England is bright with the players we have playing for us🥹❤️

[@popp6]

Do you think God has promised him tomorrow?

[@RaptureCentralControl]

​@@popp6 "God"

[@mikemwps]

@@RaptureCentralControl Worthless atheist.

[@octagonmixltd]

He's really grown, I see Trent impacting games and winning golds.

[@peterdim3037]

As Klopp said to Coutinho…”stay here and they’ll build a statue of you, go somewhere else and you’ll just be another player.”

[@henrylynk]

I don't get how Trent plays a vital role for Liverpool, he has got to the Champions League final 3 times, winning multiple knock games against excellent opposition. To not get played for England over woeful defenders like Walker and Trippier is a tragedy and a reason Southgate failed

[@Anas-kj3ej]

feels like Trent is in a mindhunter episode

[@edrahimovic]

Love this man, hope we give him the contract he deserves❤

[@Mansa-kunda]

Trent’s the man, always shows up no matter what… great player

[@josephjoestar995]

That fool Southgate really had this guy on the bench. He was so tactically inept he’d rather have kept him on the bench than to have any understanding of how to use such a talent. Trent playing for Madrid or Barca under a Pep or something would be magical.

[@matthewjamison]

If he leaves Liverpool on a free, he'll massively tarnish his legacy with the club. It happened to MaManaman & Owen.

[@Xavier2312]

And to add to that, Madrid fans will turn on him in no time if his defensive mistakes cost them big games. They turned on bale, Owen and becks at one stage. They’ll do it here for sure

[@stop08it]

Yep and I have an increasingly bad feeling that is what is going to happen

[@matthewjamison]

@Xavier2312 No doubt. If he signs a pre-contract with Madrid in January, I'd drop him for Bradley as No.1 RB, we gotta look to the future. No point stifling Bradley's game time for the sake of someone who's walking out the door.

[@matthewjamison]

@@stop08it me too

[@Xavier2312]

@@matthewjamison agreed mate, Bradley is quality get him in

[@cavanriley7373]

I think the best is yet to come from this man defenders get better with Age that will happen with this machine.

[@docholiday-lm4vf]

A player that klopp give the free role too. A player that pep said Liverpools most dangerous player is trent. A player that ancelotti wants to buy Yet england don’t understand how to use him and many English fans said he shouldn’t play 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@beastfootball1782]

these teams play attacking football. most managers wouldnt want him

[@al1356]

@@beastfootball1782🤣🤣🤣🤣 you are joking right. Trent walks into any top team in world football. Man City, Milan, Juventus, Barcelona, Byrne, Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal. Walks into all of them.

[@Xavier2312]

@@al1356do u think any of those teams would tolerate his bad defending for long? Fans will turn on him in no time. And I’m a lfc guy so I’m not hating but he can’t defend

[@tickyricky6478]

@@Xavier2312mate remind me when you’ve actually seen his defending being bad instead of just being a sheep and following everyone else. Honestly this season I don’t think he’s made a single mistake, by the time he’s retired you’ll be wondering why u ever criticised him.

[@Xavier2312]

@@tickyricky6478 last game against palace the winger skinned him multiple times bro. Looked foolish at times. It will cost us against quality opponents.

[@I_am_nobody999]

If you leave Liverpool on a free and leave the club with nothing even after they developed you from a child and gave you every chance to make it in this world then your legacy will be dirt in Liverpool.

[@micgreenson7308]

Please be a 1man club lad ❤ YNWA ❤

[@darrentomkins9480]

Legend

[@D34671]

Gabriel Clarke is hands down the best interviewer. Actually asks questions after the games that the player/manager can actually answer, not clickbaity and actually feels prepared

[@roebuddy01]

The interviewer sounds like Gabriel Clarke. It's one of his worst interviews. Cold, interrogative and just made Trent have to work quite hard in his answers. In turn, I could see Trent was uncomfortable too. Gabriel needs to improve; be less journalistic and be more affable with interviewees. There are other podcasts that are nailing the right blend of seeking answers to questions that will be enlightening to the audience with warmth and friendliness.

[@Djickeee]

I just love this young man I’m a Liverpool supporter but he’s just a nice guy and a great football player. My daughter has a massive crush on him.

[@josephjoestar995]

Interviewer tried soooo hard 😂😂😂

[@conner.9262]

THE VERY BEST attacking defender sitting on the bench…… seriously……

[@apexduplex7351]

Trent did well there with that cretin of an interviewer. Class act

[@nigolm]

Why does this feel like a 60 Minutes interview 😂

[@shroommcfanta2020]

They both have taken sleeping pills…?

[@kayo1019]

Get rid of him. 😡😡😡

[@RollForever88]

I think he will leave a legacy. Certainly memorable as a player.

[@nialloconnor6762]

Sorry for giving trent so much stress and shit here. He has done so much for us. ❤

[@Ashsworld23]

Legend ❤

[@chaupiamarighambi5859]

Bro, why does this feel like an interrogation.

[@I..I237]

why not kane ask him about kit maximizing his potential and never won a trophy in his career

[@2011maxik]

Leaving a legacy? Staying at Liverpool is the answer

[@JasonSmith-lk3vv]

He’s not going anywhere mate he will sign a new contract and become captain in the next few years

[@augustineyapp4273]

Don't beat around the bush ! Ask him directly whether he will still be with Liverpool or not, by the end of the season. 😂❤❤❤ YNWA.

[@jualinachomoza]

Interviewer is a proper helmet

[@stuart_edward]

The thing I REALLY want to see over anything else for Trent, is to see him play at least 20 games unshackled from the defensive responsibilities that have held him back for years. Everything he does well is in attack. Every single world-class class trait of his, is an attacking one. His weaknesses, (although nowhere near as weak as people make out) are defensive ones. Simple as that. Those overly polarised defensive responsibilities/shackles, in my opinion, have stopped him being even better than he already is. On numerous occasions, that defensive narrative has destroyed him. For me, if you stick trent in the nu 10 role, free of all shackles, with his main aim to find space, to roam to wherever that space is.... you'll see a top 5 player in the world. He has all the quality of KDB, yet because he's so polarised about his defending, he's suppressed. Unleash him for the love of God!

[@ginomoujik8488]

I had an idea for Trent at #10 in January after Bradley showed what it's like to deprive opposition of an easy plan. The shackles is not only defense unfortunately.. it's physicality football requires. Pulling out of 50/50 challenges, losing the ball and then not try to recover it, puts a strain on the team. Sometimes we can deal with it, sometimes it's enough for us to lose.. Trent's passing when not under pressure is top class, but sometimes it's not enough to create if defense do their part. Under pressure the quality of passes deteriorates considerably. You see hurried passes to a teammate in a worse position. Nice quality on long range shots.. he should be scoring more goals and he will in Madrid. Trent's finishing in the box is poor.. he scuffles his chances. This latest 'feared defender' talk is weird. Don't say 'I want', just do it! Best case scenario, we sell him in January, he'll enjoy the next 18 months, but then teams in La Liga wise up to his frailties.. and we win back to back Prems..

[@barbarajennion6113]

Trent’s a better footballer than he is an interviewer. Brilliant mentality from Trent here, not even flinching with the provocative questions. Trent knows what this guy is doing. When mediocrity interviews unique, mediocrity either needs to raise his game or get out.

[@pjtiongco]

I wanna see him with captains armband soon

[@DarthVader-j2i]

VVD is captain mate. He isn't getting the armband anytime soon

[@whatmatters683]

I don't like this interviewer, he thinks he's clever, Trent didn't fall for it and seemed to give good honest answers. I don't get how the interviewer bags so many with Liverpool players.

[@MrINSANITY321]

no one remembers Roberto Carlos for his defence. Get him on the ball and watch him change games

[@ginomoujik8488]

not true. Carlos was an excellent defender!

[@MrINSANITY321]

@@ginomoujik8488 didn’t say he wasn’t ! He was remembered a lot more for what he did going forward though

[@chrisl7962]

Gabriel Clarke talking to him like it’s Gabriel Clarke that’s won a European Cup, Premier league, fa cup, 2 league cups, European super cup, and world club club championship. Only thing missing is him saying “pull your socks up young man” at the end

[@FakeYute]

Open for discussion - As a Liverpool fan i would be totally happy for him if he gets a move to Madrid, totally deserved. The lads won the lot at Liverpool, he's talented, professional and deserves all the plaudits. If he goes he goes he is a Liverpool LEGEND. Times have changed, Kloppo gone, no viable contract on the table, if he goes he goes YNWA

[@MrJamesrock16]

Walking away on a free in your prime will have you forever hated in Liverpool. Mcmanaman found that out & Gerrard nearly did in Summer 05, I assumed the burning shirt hanging on the Shankly Gates may of changed Gerrard's mind that year!

[@charliegrimes4197]

You lot need to respect him more

[@Liverpool_YNWA12345]

Fr, wonderful guy

[@AmandeepKaur-tn7ik]

He already has a legacy, won everything at club level before age of 25!!!!

[@mohamedsaidsayax3077]

TAA.❤ What amentality

[@lurim2]

what a mentality 👏🏻

[@AaronHJT]

whoever wrote up the questions for this interview needs to be sacked..its actually embarrassing

[@ThrottleBody]

Very eloquent young man.

[@bridgitmwikali6305]

My captain

[@Arai-66]

BRILLIANTLY ❤🎉

[@ruddmusicofficial]

Happy birthday 🥳 TTA66

[@bigsmoke9876]

I’m sorry but no Liverpool captain or vice captain should be running down their contract to have the club in a stand off for money or leaving for free. He’s gotta go in January if he doesn’t sign by then.

[@scottlaugher-flintknapping]

It's FSG remember. They're in contract talks with FSG not really the club. Anyway it's a mess letting it get this far.

[@gregmeade5044]

Gerrard did the same thing!! Have you not read his auto biography? He admitted to showing interest in Chelsea because he felt Liverpool didn’t value him by not offering the contract he wanted. Then he changed his mind last minute. Every player deserves the right to play for a club that values them. Trent is a world class, generational talent not matter what bullshit opinions may tell you. He deserves to be appreciated and compensated accordingly. If he quit tomorrow he has already given this club more than enough.

[@chrisl7962]

It’s a two way street, Liverpool have also let it get to this state and risk his head being turned. The fact they’ve done it with the others as well tells a story

[@TheEntertainmentsOnMe]

This lad will do what he needs to do to for fill his ambitions,where ever that will be. Y.n.w.a.

[@griffinferguson1533]

4:00 @2KAllDay I really hope you guys make a game that Trent would like to play the career mode

[@FootballMADofficial]

Living legend!! Grab a pen and write this down if I’m right someone buy me a detached house 🤣 1: ballon dor by the time hes 30. 2:wins the prem this year and next and the champions league facts

[@saulziyech9710]

Some of these questions are just bait to get something from him, and try to downgrade him. When he's had one of the most successful carriers in the England squad

[@chikomoto3018]

pls don’t leave Liverpool ❤

[@addijimmas]

interviewer is a straight up UTD fan

[@luke7962]

Feels like he’s made his mind up, losing Mr Liverpool to them for free will be heartbreaking, but at the same time he just is a Real Madrid player he fits into that new galactico team perfectly

[@joncoish]

Does it? I’m watching the interview and I really don’t know what his intentions are. I think Liverpool fans, and maybe fans of English football in general, have an inferiority complex thinking every player is going to leave for Madrid. I’ve heard so much over the last few years that Salah was going to Saudi Arabia for the big pay day, but it seems like he’d like to stay. Maybe Liverpool is not that bad a place to play. Look if Trent leaves, fine all power to him, but I really have no sense of where he’s going despite everyone claiming it’s a given he’s going to Madrid.

[@matthewbrears2129]

I'm not sure what he'll do. I think he's close to going to Madrid, tempted by the dream of playing for Madrid, and now more so with one of his good friends - Bellingham. I support Liverpool but I wouldn't blame him for going, and he seems like the type of person that would be tempted away from his boyhood lifetime club. 90% of me doesn't want him to go but there's that little part of me that wants to see him be as good as he can be at Madrid, bit like Jude

[@stop08it]

The issue is him leaving on a free, I can’t believe we are in this potential situation

[@edmann1820]

@@matthewbrears2129 I don't think it's the dream of playing for Madrid. As if playing for Madrid is of somewhat greater value than playing for Liverpool. He wants guaranteed trophies. We can't offer that at Liverpool. He only has loyalty to himself and his personal trophy cabinet. It's the way the world is now. It's the way most people think. It's ok though we have replacements waiting for a chance.

[@zangrat]

He's not good enough to play for Madrid

[@ryanwoowoo9805]

Future liverpool captain ,end of discussion

[@LeePhelan-j7h]

First person to ever cross a ball truly incredible I respect him as a RB but come on we all saw what happened in the WC awful in midfield it was hard to watch at times

[@calgon5689]

Like Waistcoat didnt know how to use him in a proper role and position.

[@Do27gg]

No other player gets spoken to like this 😂 Walker cost England much more than Trent ever has yet no Walker interview

[@Sadikha1]

@@Do27gg For real, they should interview Kyle Walker and ask him about his defensive abilities the past year and how he costed us the Euros like they did with Trent in a previous interview they did. They always put words into Trents mouth and ask ridiculous questions. Maybe get Jack Grealish and ask him about last season and why he didn’t get into the England squad for the Euros

[@lfcspectre4335]

Top Lad Proper Red

[@JKkkkdddffrr]

LFC 😍😍

[@jamiesmithson8410]

he's definitely leaving. He's no Stevie G, if he wants to leave, best of luck. but it's the fact he'll leave on a free that i think most people won't like.

[@BKKLB]

If Trent is concerned with legacy, then you have to think he'd be staying at Liverpool. At Madrid he'll always be in the shadow of Jude, let alone Kylian and Vinny.... at Liverpool he will be the centerpiece. Yes Real Madrid is a global franchise, but Liverpool is a global giant in world football and he will be captain of that giant.

[@ConnorDonnelly]

I want him to stay at Liverpool but I understand if he decides to leave change isn’t a bad thing

[@sf5912]

If he leaves LFC on a free as I suspect he might...he will have a legacy but not a good one! If you wanna leave Trent at least leave Liverpool a transfer fee to fund a replacement!

[@nglforbes]

Who's fault is that ? the clubs for allowing 3 world class players to go into their final year of their contracts,it's ridiculous

[@ThomasDoubting5]

Oh he will absolutely be on the Judas list

[@sf5912]

@@nglforbes Rubbish... Players have the power and can easily choose not to sign a new contract. It's pure greed if he leaves on a free!

[@nglforbes]

@@sf5912 nonsense you want to hold players responsibile but let the club get away with it's stupidity the club can do no wrong how many players have we let go for free should I go through them .. wjinaldom keita ox chamberlain,keita , firminio,milner matip origi absolutely ridiculous for a club thats sell to buy and potentially 3 more. Good luck Trent if you leave the stinky fsg have no ambition to win just make profit and finish in 4th place

[@jasonbrown9644]

@@nglforbesExactly! The club failed to protect their biggest assets and now they are available on a free! Blaming the player for the clubs negligence is idiotic

[@Po5itivemind5et]

feels like he has made hes mind up

[@jaredblue8823]

Yeah, bro is definitely going to Madrid if they come knocking…and some of his answers sounded like Jude speaking, specifically when he’s been asked about his future and winning trophies…I guess it is what it is though

[@ms8ff153]

​@jaredblue8823 Everyone thinking he's leaving when he's already said he wants the Liverpool captaincy before alever considering leaving Liverpool

[@stop08it]

You know human beings are completely capable of saying one thing and doing something completely different, right?

[@DarthVader-j2i]

​@@jaredblue8823lmao, you'd be praying so just to spite Liverpool

[@expatliferealspain1175]

If he goes to Madrid on a free he will be hated by every Liverpool fan and will not be welcome in the city again and Spanish football will not suit his game anyway

[@squidley1000]

Don baller 👍🏾👍💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mingulay29]

Trent, if he goes, will be on the bench next to his buddy Jude at Real. It could work but maybe too much for him - like Coutinho at Barca.

[@rarewn]

Why in the bench? He literally can play in 2 positions specially in RB carvajal even before the injury we should have a good replacement to him , and I don’t know if there’s any RB can go to Real Madrid better than Arnold (as Madrid fan) I know Liverpool fans want him to play and retire with them and I think his future passed on this season if Liverpool don’t win anything and Madrid take everything he will come to Madrid and I prefer not free to not be hated by Liverpool fans he doesn’t deserve that

[@andrewwright4195]

​@@rarewnas liverpool fan I don't like real Madrid but if trent wants real Madrid he can do it I will not hate him he is my favorite player

[@user-uu6bi4tn5o]

@ 0:52 "That WAS" the same, at Liverpool. These are the subliminal Freudian slips.

[@yessi1585]

He didn’t say he wanted to be at Liverpool in 8 years..

[@jasonbrown9644]

This pointless interview is ultimate mischief making! 🤣 If Trent never had this contract situation this interview doesn’t even happen!

[@kinell188]

This a job interview???

[@ericthekop9624]

TAA ❤❤

[@bazzar69]

Trent, I asked you a question 3 years ago, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' You said you wanted to be an astronaut?! Do you think you have achieved that goal? Or do you think you have established yourself on the England team? Cos in all fairness, we both know you haven't. Did I mention I interviewed you 3 years ago when you were still a teenager? Would you like a lollipop?!

[@babybolt7070]

ITV get a better interviewer next time and put respect on this player, he scored goals to make your country qualify.

[@whoknew2273]

Trent should be at Liverpool not playing Pointless International Friendlies

[@DarthVader-j2i]

Liverpool play Real in November. Maybe that will be time Trent makes his judgement.

[@James-ck3pu]

Why doesn't TAA come out and let the fans know what his intentions are

[@ashvirhiralal]

Disgraceful questions. Trent is bigger than itv, more professional, and will be remembered long after you've gone bankrupt

[@KeithKazamaFlick]

man like trent lol my guy

[@CornwallGhosts]

Calls himself Liverpool fan but is going to leave on a free...shocking.

[@kieronhatter9036]

As Liverpool fan, i feel Trent never worked on a lot of things in his game. Main 1 is position on the field, thats why he struggles defending and will never be a world class midfielder

[@nc3music920]

I thought this was a great interview and Im a liverpool fan. He asked serious questions and we found out a lot about trent. Id like to see more of these. Very interesting

[@magwamanda]

I actually paused for 5 minutes after they asked him how many games he has played in k.o rounds. This interview was painful to watch

[@nialloconnor6762]

Be michael Owen, be torres, saurez, be you, conor is coming for ya buddy. Wake up.

[@andrewwright4195]

Bradley who got ripped at forest

[@Sahota2002]

Why are Trent itv interviews so awkward 😂😂

[@iantotalrecall]

You will only leave a legacy at Liverpool

[@TinyBudha]

Sounds like he’s off to Madrid 🤷‍♂️

[@Ruai-le2ip]

Trent Alexandra

[@bakundatuyizere8556]

This guy want to go if you look his face not really happy