And then there was one. If Sense was found late in the fortnight spent in relations between Mohamed Salah, Virgil Van Dijk and Liverpool, when what about the last man? And Trent Alexander-Arnold, perched alone in a club where walking alone has never been done?
We know almost where its history then goes. And we know what shirt burners think about this. But what about why – its why – beyond the evidence?
There are several conversations to have here and they can tackle dubious wisdom by thinking that Real Madrid is the right decision at the moment, or the ego that leads it. But we will come back to it.
For the moment, let’s have a more nuanced discussion on what this generational talent can or not in Liverpool.
This means that we should start with abandoned puppies by the road, because Alexander-Arnold saw some. And understanding what he saw could simply be the key to understanding it.
He was useful in this regard – unlike his contract, he spoke a lot about puppies. He talks about it very well. That is to say, he was never afraid to offer a powerful voice about the academy football and the commodification of young men by their clubs.
Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool should join Real Madrid as free agent this summer
Having joined the Academy of Reds at the age of six, the rear right spent 20 years at the club
Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah have written contract extensions in recent weeks
This is an interesting period of the year to review his opinions-not because a dissemination of his decision is approaching, or even because Liverpool could win the League this weekend, but because Déril and Mai have always been complicated for Alexander-Arnold. By complicated, I mean brutal.
They were his months of dread, when the dreamers of the academic system were awakened by the blade. It was time for slaughter in the greenhouse, you see, with friends eliminated for foreigners in the annual cycle.
Alexander-Arnold, like most in the high end, lived in this way between the ages of nine and 18 years. He is 26 years old, so that this represents a big piece of his life and he does not only know the statistics that we tend to recite. He knew the faces.
From 2023, it was only a minimum of the brand he left him: “Think about it, the fact that you have six, seven, eight years that are constantly fighting for contracts – it’s crazy, ridiculous.
“Even when you arrive at the 11th year, under 16 years of age, you try to sit down and at the same time worry if you get a contract next year. It is the transition of school and innocence to be paid and it is a job.
“When I think back to my story, I put all this hard work daily, I sacrificed everything, but there were others that did exactly the same thing as me and what do they have to show? They did not get anything from the academy when they let them go. They (the club) have just taken, took, took, took.
It is the “catch” that makes me for me, four of them. It was therefore not a speech for the perspective or an unspear moment torn from his context – he came from a 32 -minute video on the Alexander -Arnold website. He had brought Steven Gerrard, Steve Sidwell and two players thrown from the game to organize an intelligent and passionate conversation of what could be better.
That’s why he was pushing. It was something he strongly felt, the fact always, to the point of activism – two years ago, he set up a project that is underway to find and finance opportunities for throws, because he knows, for all the improvements that there have been in academic policies, the players are appreciated and precious by their clubs until they are not. It is a language in which he is fluent in. Of course, he succeeded, the last man standing, but he did not see what he saw.
Alexander -Arnold has won all the main club trophies with Liverpool – he does not owe them loyalty
Alexander-Arnold and the Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham have established a narrow friendship
He is still close to Liam Robinson, who was released at 16 and is now working in drainage – the sewers, basically. And Josh Agbozo, a teammate from nine at 16 years old. Today, he is an occupational health assistant.
When Alexander-Arnold and Ben Woodburn (now in Salford City), were labeled as “the puppies” during their first trips to train with the first team, Robinson and Agbozo obtained the other side of the medal.
This is how football works and must, but there are no soft edges and less soft landing. Some clubs are better to ensure the latter than others, and Liverpool tended to do it better than most, but it is always transactional. Cold. There is no shortage of puppies on the roads outside Anfield.
So, a word on loyalty – if Alexander -Arnold feels that his debt has been reimbursed by his contribution to each major club football trophy, it would be perfect. And he should be authorized to leave with the blessings of anyone who saw him play, and doubly of anyone understanding what it took to get a minute on the field.
Turning the blade against the employer is nothing that has not been done, unlike countless times. Of course him.
That Real Madrid is the right choice will only be informed in the fullness of its next contract, assuming that there are no extremely late heart changes.
But on the basis of the most recent developments in Spain, and in particular the suggestion that director Carlo Ancelotti will soon be short of the city, we could reasonably question the meaning.
At the same time, we can question where the real one then turns if they indeed agitate a man who is undoubtedly the biggest manager in history. Unlike speculation full of hope, I am told that it will not be a klopp jurgen, with Xabi Alonso the favorite option.
A move to Madrid would see Alexander-Arnold joining a club which is simply all the trophies and no soul
But will the succession go well, like Liverpool made with the Arne slot machine, and if this is not the case, for which they have some time, would Real Madrid be a short-term upgrade? Second at La Liga, beaten by Arsenal in Europe, in a way Ballable beyond their standard by Super-Egos-this season has shaped a waste.
I have always considered the real as all the trophies and no soul, a club that can raise a player with unmissable heights as easily as it can chew them for no valid reason.
A club where Gareth Bale delivered football of the gods during the largest final and was still hué, hacked and chased in his car.
He was a pretty practical player. Even better than Alexander-Arnold, in fact. And there was a reason why he finally listed Madrid behind Wales and Golf.
If Alexander-Arnold follows his way, he should leave Liverpool without blame. Those who seek the loyalty of their stars could be better served by the Crufts than football, where the road takes place in both directions. As it should be.
Rory McILroy finally won the masters
The most wonderful thing I knew in live sport came to Augusta last weekend, when Rory McILroy finally won the Masters. The man he beat, Justin Rose, has dominated a different list for sporting, class and decency of defeat.
As a measure of the way some people fight with these concepts, consider the behavior of Harriet Dart, the fourth-row tennis player in Britain, who was beaten 6-0, 6-3 by Boisson Lois to the Rouen Open.
The victory of the masters of Rory Mcilroy marked the end of 11 years of agony without victory at the Majors
Harriet Dart was intended to make the bizarre request to the referee in his open defeat of Rouen
Dart was heard asking the referee if they could have Déodorant Boisson Lois
At the start of the second set, she turned to the referee with a request: “Can you tell her to wear a deodorant?” She feels really bad.
There are ways to lose well and there are ways to make you completely ridiculous.
British Supreme Court division
The British Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.
It is slightly alarming to think how much it could be a surprise for those who could not reach independently at the end of Olympic boxing, including the new head of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry.
