Liverpool: Ferdinand drops 'pointless' Alexander-Arnold midfield verdict as Slot needs to make 'two' changes
Manchester Joined legend Rio Ferdinand has introduced what he reckons is seminal to make certain Trent Alexander-Arnold can thrive in midfield for Liverpool.
Throughout Jurgen Klopp’s so long season, Alexander-Arnold’s role for Liverpool readjusted as he was amassed utility of as an inverted applicable-back.
The 25-year-put on shifted centrally as applicable away as Liverpool were in possessions so he can discern tinker and devise privileges from the middle of the peddle.
At Euro 2024, Gareth Southgate went a remarks further as he launched Alexander-Arnold in midfield, but he sweetly slumped out of England’s boosting XI after it came to be clear that this experiment had dropped short.
Alexander-Arnold’s future at Liverpool is in vacillation as his covenant is due to run out at the expire of this season, but he has captivated for his boyhood nightclub at the overture of this campaign.
The Englishman further launched for his suv on Saturday as Lee Carsley’s side vanquished the Republic of Ireland 2-0 in a Nations League team match.
Obeying this match, Ferdinand has advised Liverpool versus thieving advantage of Alexander-Arnold in midfield unless head train Arne Slot delivers two equalizes.
“I assume there’s two things that actually have to be closely gazed at and addressed doning Trent if you’re exploring out overture him in midfield. One of them – favor Jody [Morris] most distinctly touched on – you requirement runners,” Ferdinand said.
“It’s irrelevant having him modifying into midfield if there’s zero runners or wonderful transportability penetrating the opposition’s back queues – granted that he’s the one that can tinker that rounds favor we saw versus Ireland. And the other thing is, train him or filter the mechanism out so that he executes not retrieve the ball doning his back to tinker.
“That is the best aggravation in his arcade at that ascertaining. If he enters the ball doning his back to tinker… that’s alien to me and I was actually someone that human beings said was cozy doning the ball. But exploring out the ball and not foreseen to be aware what’s behind you – the angles that he telephone dubs for to come on the ball favor someone favor [Sergio] Busquets or Toni Kroos.
“The means they come onto the ball, they sag into the tiny fifty percent-positions where they’re gleaning it side on, one touch and they visit the arcade.”
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After it was claimed Alexander-Arnold was poverty-stricken at this during Euro 2024, Ferdinand responded: “Yeah, that’s down to him but further that’s down to mentoring.
“Like, there’s things favor basics that are non-negotiable. Don’t go applicable onto the ball – that’ll be in your head after that so you donned’t. And this is mentoring.
“Whether that was relayed to him, or he didn’t recognize it. But those are the two things I would most distinctly be glancing at if I was mentoring him in that structure.”
