Trent Alexander-Arnold has declared himself able to tackle the additional accountability of succeeding James Milner as Liverpool’s vice-captain.
And the 24-year-old insists he’s already interested by a future through which he steps as much as put on the armband for his boyhood membership on a full-time foundation.
Liverpool confirmed on Tuesday that Virgil van Dijk will take Jordan Henderson‘s place as captain, with Alexander-Arnold performing in assist.
Requested if he feels ready for the calls for of the position, he confidently replied: “In fact I really feel prepared.
“I really feel that with out being put on this place I’ve been a pacesetter and lead by instance within the issues I do each day in coaching and in and across the lads.
“And I believe the lads see me as somebody in a management position. I’m joyful the supervisor and the workers see that too however that’s my mentality, I need to lead by instance, make it possible for I take accountability for what I do and the way the staff performs as properly.
“So it’s a tremendous place to be in however I settle for that there’s extra accountability on me that we succeed and obtain the issues we need to this season.”
Regardless of reflecting on the delight he feels at what’s a massively important second in his brief profession, Alexander-Arnold went on to underline that his burning ambition continues to be to turn into full captain at some point.
He added: “I’ve put in plenty of exhausting work as much as this second to succeed in these sort of milestones.
“It’s a second the place I’m reflecting and thought I’m pleased with myself, it’s made me smile – it takes quite a bit to make me smile!
“I’ve by no means been shy about saying what my ambitions are, and that’s at all times been to captain this membership and this can be a pathway, a stepping stone to that.
“It’s a task and a accountability that I’m actually trying ahead to, getting the season began and hopefully reaching the issues that we need to.”
The very second Jurgen Klopp knowledgeable Alexander-Arnold of his captaincy determination was fortuitously caught on digicam by LFCTV throughout an open coaching session in Singapore on Sunday.
Of that dialog, the defender mentioned: “At first I assumed he was going to inform me to cease giving the ball away!
“It was a beautiful shock, it was not one I used to be anticipating in that second. I assumed we might have a dialog round that form of factor sooner or later, however not in that second.
“It was particular. It was a second I’ll keep in mind.”
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