Liverpool fan and MMA fighter Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett has slammed Trent Alexander-Arnold with the Reds’ number 66 widely expected to join Real Madrid at the end of the season.
“He’s a lizard,” he told Sky Sports. “He’s meant to be a young lad from West Derby. I’ve said in other interviews that I’d trade my career to have his in a heartbeat — to win trophies for my city and my team that I’ve supported my entire life.
“The money he is earning, the money he is being offered, just putting a smile on everyone’s face in the city — I grew wanting to be Steven Gerrard, wanting to be Fernando Torres, wanting to be Luis Suarez. And he is just leaving the club he supported to be another cog in the machine at Real Madrid.
“He could have been a legend at LFC. He always said he wanted to be captain so he was always lying, wasn’t he? I think he has forgot where he came from. He’s given up the chance to be a legend and maybe have a statue built in his honor in years to come.”
Alexander-Arnold is currently sidelined with an injury. Liverpool has seven more games before his contract expires, starting with West Ham United at Anfield this weekend.
Speaking to reporters, including from Liverpool.com, back in September, Alexander-Arnold insisted he would be committed until the end of the current campaign. “I want to be a Liverpool player this season [as a minimum] is what I will say,” he explained.
“I have been at the club 20 years now. I have signed four or five contract extensions and none of those have been played out in public — and this one won’t be either.”
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“The most important thing is trophies if I’m honest,” he added. “I want to win trophies, I am a player who is highly motivated by winning things and being elite. If you have a personality that is an elite athlete who will do anything to win, then that is what drives them.
“We were close to the title last season and we got a cup. The quadruple was on for a while — the signs were there. This season we are looking really good. It is still early days, but we need a lot of consistency and to beat a lot of teams.
“Then you have the other cups, the Champions League and everything that comes around it. It will be difficult but we are looking to win as many trophies as we can.”
Liverpool.com says: Losing Alexander-Arnold would be a big blow. He is unique and it is obvious why Real Madrid would want him. The appeal of the Spanish giant is also clear, even if other players would have come to a different conclusion.
