Jamie Carragher claimed that Trent Alexander-Arnold should not start again for Liverpool if he told the club that he is leaving this summer.
The right side, whose contract with Anfield ends at the end of the season, is strongly connected to a move to Real Madrid, while new deals for Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk have only raised the spotlight on the 26-year-old.
On his return of injury on Sunday, Alexander-Arnold scored the winner for Liverpool when they walked past Leicester to win 1-0.
The bent strike by the Englishman moved the side of Arne Slot inside a victory of the Premier League title and sentenced the Foxes to an immediate return to the championship.
But the passionate response from Alexander -Arnold – in which he tore his shirt, shot for the traveling support and roared to the assembled masses – let many look for answers.
And in the midst of this uncertainty, Carragher argued that Alexander-Arnold should not start again for Liverpool this season if he has not explicitly communicated his long-term obligation to the club.
“If Trent did not dedicate himself to the manager for the following season, he would not have to start competitions,” said Carragher.
Micah Richards then called in and asked, in the light of everything that Alexander-Arnold has achieved in Liverpool: “Not even for an appointment for what he did for the club?”
Carragher issued a cut reaction and said, “Liverpool is not here as a football club to give someone a broadcast.”
The Reds -legend then explained that Slot should give priority to the development of Young Right Back Conor Bradley.
The 21-year-old could do with some valuable experience before he was thrown in the start of XI instead of Alexander-Arnold next season, based on the last one leaves for Madrid.
Liverpool has engraved almost their name on the Premier League trophy of 2024-25 and needs only one victory of five to claim their 20th English top-flight title.
Subject to a sensational capitulation, it is likely that the title will be packed and that the deployment will be low in the last few matches of Liverpool of the season.
Carragher argued that these competitions should be used to observe whether the club should go shopping for a new back or that Bradley can be their husband in the future, instead of giving a romantic goodbye to Alexander-Arnold.
Carragher continued: “It's not about:” Let's give Trent a broadcast. ” The point is: “We have to judge whether Conor Bradley The Man is for our next season, week in, week out.”
'The decision that Liverpool has is:' Is Conor Bradley our first choice immediately back and do we buy a backup player? “Or” do we immediately buy a first choice and Conor Bradley will have to fight with him? “
'So that boy [Bradley] Needs as much experience as he can get. So yes, bring [Alexander-Arnold] If you have to win the game.
“But in terms of starting competitions, if Trent has not committed the club, Conor Bradley should start every match.”
After scoring on Sunday, Alexander-Arnold performed an animated celebration for Liverpool's Away fans.
When asked if something can be read in the emotional reaction of the Merseyside resident, Carragher said: “Not really.
“He didn't really talk about his future throughout the season. Whether a decision has already been made, I think most people think it is.
“It's hard for him to give an honest answer. The frustration with Liverpool fans is that during the entire process with Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah it was always under the transfer that they wanted to stay.
'That tells you everything with Trent, who is a local boy. Most of us probably know what will happen. '
In the meantime, Alexander-Arnold remained cautious about his future when he was asked about it after the game, as he did in the entire Saga.
“Look, I said the whole season that I am not going to talk about my situation,” he told Sky Sports after his match-winning contribution. 'I'm not going to go into details, but days like today are very special.
“Scoring goals, playing, winning games, being title races, they are special moments that will live with me forever and I am happy that I am part of it.”
Last month, Mail Sport reported that Madrid remained sure to sign Alexander-Arnold this summer on a free-with sources in Spain that suggest that the move is 'completely ready and done'.
Alexander-Arnold has been in Liverpool since he joined their youth academy in 2004.