Michael Owen sides with Trent Alexander-Arnold over Liverpool fans who 'never get it'

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Trent Alexander-Arnold received backlash for his decision to leave Liverpool(Image: Florencia Tan Jun, Getty Images)

Michael Owen has criticised supporters who turned on Trent Alexander-Arnold as he switched from Liverpool to Real Madrid.

He also insists that fans "will never get it" when it comes to player loyalty in football.

The former England striker has defended the right-back's decision to leave Anfield after Alexander-Arnold chose not to extend his contract beyond its final 12 months during last season's Premier League title triumph.



We understand it because we live it and we've lived it all our life and we're in and around football.

"But fans will never get it because they've got a badge there and until the day they die, they will always support that badge.

He could have sat there and so could have Jack Grealish, so could have you and so could have loads of people.

"But imagine what the game would be like if we didn't have these people that actually try to make something of their lives.

I've had an experience in my life."

Liverpool swiftly moved to snap up Bayer Leverkusen's Jeremie Frimpong as Alexander-Arnold's successor, triggering his £29.5m release clause to bring him to Anfield before launching a summer of substantial investment on Merseyside.

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