Jamie Carragher offers damning Conor Bradley verdict over Liverpool role

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With Trent Alexander-Arnold moving away to Madrid, Bradley has had some big shoes to fill in the right back spot, something that Carragher believes he hasn’t quite taken to yet, stating that he looks “like an academy graduate trying to cope in men's football”. The pundit previously said Bradley could not replace Alexander-Arnold on Sky Sports, he added: “The reason we talk about him [Alexander-Arnold] so much, I think he’s the most talked-about full-back we’ve probably ever seen in the Premier League, is because he’s unique.

And you’ve just mentioned about him defensively, now most top full-backs don’t get it thrown at them that they’re not very good defensively.” “Conor Bradley shouldn’t look at Trent and think, ‘I want to be like him.’ He’s got to be like Andy Robertson was when he was in his prime, a proper full-back.” With back-to-back losses, there’s no doubt Liverpool’s defense has been struggling, conceding seven goals in six league games. Writing in The Telegraph, Carragher spoke of their shaky back four: “Liverpool’s biggest problem right now is not their back four, although Ibrahima Konaté’s inconsistency is well-documented and the preferred full-backs Milos Kerkez and Conor Bradley are inexperienced.

“Bradley still looks like an academy graduate trying to cope with the demands of playing senior football three times a week.” Conor Bradley has come under fire after Liverpool's poor performances (Image: Stu Forster/Getty Images) That’s not to say Carragher doesn’t see potential. He’s made it clear Bradley “deserves to be given a go as our right-back,” particularly in the wake of Alexander-Arnold, but Bradley, Carragher says, is still learning.