Liverpool’s chairman has spoken publicly for the primary time since certainly one of our most iconic fashionable academy graduates accomplished a headline-grabbing transfer to Actual Madrid.
Tom Werner, chatting with the Liverpool Echomirrored on Trent Alexander-Arnold’s exit with a mix of non-public admiration and acknowledgement of the emotional weight the switch carried for supporters.
The 26-year-old joined the Spanish giants for £10 million only a month earlier than his contract at Anfield expired, ending a chapter that started when he entered our Academy aged six.
“We do respect the truth that Trent has moved on,” Werner stated.
He continued: “I informed somebody lately this story about seeing Trent on the final weekend of the season, with Billy (Hogan, CEO) and I simply wished him to know from me personally we’re and have been as a membership grateful for all his contributions.”
Werner highlighted the emotional second the right-back shared a childhood image with him and supplied a tribute to his unimaginable creativity in crimson.
“I’ll always remember that move he made, the nook he took, for the fourth aim in opposition to Barcelona,” he added. “That was only a work of genius.”
Werner displays on Trent’s defining moments
(Picture by Angel Martinez/Getty Photos)
The 75-year-old American admitted that supporters may have been “upset” by the exit and made it clear that the board shared that sentiment, although the overriding temper is certainly one of delight.
“It’s time for him to maneuver and time for us to interchange him,” he stated.
Trent’s legendary help in opposition to Barcelona within the Champions League semi-final was certainly one of 86 he supplied in a Liverpool shirt, alongside 23 targets in 354 video games.
His exit has already seen the Reds act within the switch market, with Dutch worldwide Jeremie Frimpong arriving from Bayer Leverkusen for £30 million.
Whether or not Darwin Nunez can also be on the transfer stays to be seen, with the Uruguayan’s future a reside matter this summer season and his potential departure may unencumber extra assets for additional reinforcements.
Supporters may do not forget that Arne Slot has already addressed how he views the long-term position of Conor Bradley, who will probably be competing with Frimpong for a beginning position this season.
Werner’s feedback give a human contact to the departure of a participant many felt would captain the membership for years, and his reference to one of the crucial memorable targets in our European historical past solely underlines how important this goodbye really was.
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