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The confirmation of his exit has drawn plenty of reaction from Liverpool fans, not least Carragher, who has hit out at some of the criticism being dished out by his fellow pundits.

Having been a local player who spent the whole of his playing career at Anfield, the former defender was in a unique position to his honest opinion on Alexander-Arnold’s decision while speaking on Monday Night Football.

“I’m in a position where I am a Liverpool supporter now, but I have been a Liverpool player, and Liverpool players or local players are held in a higher regard in different ways because they’re local players,” Carragher said.

“Supporters maybe expect a bit more of them in these situations.

Now I don’t always agree with how Liverpool’s local players are treated in certain situations, because, as I said, I’ve been in that position as a player.

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“But my thing with Trent is, it’s his career, he’s free to choose what he wants to do, and he’s going to the biggest club in the world.

“I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed that as a local player, he doesn’t think Liverpool’s enough when it’s winning.

“We’ve had players who have left in the past - Steve McManamen, Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard almost left - but that was because they were playing for Liverpool teams that weren’t as good as this Liverpool team.

“Now this Liverpool team is arguably in the best five or six teams in Europe

Just won a Premier League, and Liverpool could be on the verge of something really special over the next five or six years with the new manager.

“For me, as a local player and if I was in that position, which I never was, I never had teams of the caliber of Real Madrid and Barcelona asking for me, but if I was in that position for Liverpool where I thought I can go and win league titles, I can put Liverpool above Manchester United in league title, we could try and get closer to Real Madrid

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At this point, host Dave Jones chimed in to outline what an opportunity it is for Alexander-Arnold in both his career and life to make the move to Madrid - a stance which Carragher agreed with.

“Of course it will be, and that’s absolutely fine, you can have both views, and that is exactly right,” Carragher added.

“I’ve said that, Real Madrid are the biggest club in the world, and there’s part of me that always loves not just Liverpool players, even lads from Everton or local players, I love to see Scousers do well, I do.

“There is part of me that looks at it and thinks ‘a young kid from West Derby, he’s going to play for the biggest club in the world, wow, amazing’.

“There’s just disappointment, as there is with other Liverpool supporters, that Liverpool are on the verge now of looking like they could have an era of domination and maybe win a lot of big trophies, and that’s not enough for him.”


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