Football agent Rob Segal believes Trent Alexander-Arnold’s ‘arrogance’ is the cause for his lousy sort at Liverpool this season.
The right-back, who was previously touted as the greatest in the earth, has been at fault for a selection of the goals The Reds have conceded in the latest weeks.
Certainly, Alexander-Arnold was intensely criticised for his dismal functionality in Liverpool’s 4-1 defeat to Napoli on Wednesday.
Even with being a Premier League and Champions League winner, the 23-calendar year-aged has generally struggled defensively, but Segal has an idea why he has been so deficient in that regard these days.
”Liverpool have significant damage challenges which have not helped and a player like Trent Alexander-Arnold likely needs a extended rest,” Segal instructed CaughtOffside.
”However, simply because of his standing within just the club, you can truly feel his conceitedness when he is slowly and gradually operating back to goal. Alexander-Arnold knows that no issue what he does, right or improper, he is possible to begin 7 days in, week out.
”It is no key that Alexander-Arnold is a good deal greater going ahead than he is defensively, so his weaknesses need to be covered and regrettably for Klopp, at the moment, none of his side’s backline are participating in significantly effectively. The timing of their drop-off in type has been genuinely unfortunate.”
Liverpool do have another choice at right-again, although, and it could be time for Jurgen Klopp to give youngster Calvin Ramsay a opportunity.
How very good is Calvin Ramsay?
Ramsay’s previous club Aberdeen rated him an ‘elite’ youthful participant. “There are not a lot of right-backs at his age like him, accomplishing what he does,” Chairman Dave Cormack claimed.
”Look at the knowledge – he is in the elite upper bracket, right up there, for a younger right-back in Europe.”
Ramsay burst on to the Scottish football scene in the direction of the close of the 2020-21 campaign, when the defender was presented a handful of begins in the Scottish Premiership split and in Aberdeen’s Scottish Cup run.
🚨BREAKING: Aberdeen’s Calvin Ramsay has been named the Scottish Soccer Writers’ Association Young Participant of the Calendar year.
The right-back again beat Josh Doig, Nathan Patterson, Stephen Welsh and Ross Graham to the award👇
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) April 27, 2022
That was seemingly ample for new manager Stephen Glass to endorse Ramsay to the initially group as a normal starter.
And the younger Scot remained an at any time-present member of the Dons setting up XI in the 2021-22 campaign. Without a doubt, he was named the Scottish Football Writers’ Affiliation Younger Participant of the Calendar year in April.
The 19-yr-outdated thrives when given area to operate into with and with no the ball, which is shown in his wholesome support rely.
Irrespective of whether as a whole-again or a a lot more superior wing-back again, Ramsay has more than plenty of energy to issues most teams.
