Trent Alexander-Arnold given number 8 at Euro 2024

A midfield role for TAA?

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00:00Well, moving on to Liverpool now, let's start with Trent Alexander-Arnold,

00:06specifically on the England set-up. Given No. 8 as a midfielder, do you feel like this could be

00:12the perfect time this summer to maybe showcase his talent in the midfield? Obviously, England

00:17do have quite a stacked line-up there, but if the likes of Kobi Mane, who his form might dip, or

00:24Benningham might have a knock, for example, could this be a massive chance for Trent to show what

00:29he's really about, and then maybe this clock here is finished now and he can go into slots

00:36set-up as maybe a midfielder? Yeah, it's interesting, definitely. I mean, obviously,

00:42getting the No. 8 chase is significant, and the national report suggests that he's going to start

00:49that first game against Sevilla, alongside Declan Rice, and Jude Bellingham will play favour up the

00:55pitch. Look, there's been so much clamour for Trent Alexander-Arnold to move into midfield

01:02for a couple of years now. We know his quality on the ball, what he can do with his range of passing,

01:09and maybe his defensive flaws as well, right back, that some are a little bit sceptical about.

01:16And I think, you know, Liverpool supporters, those on their size, don't have a lot of

01:24affinity to England, you know, there's a lot of indifference, but I think with Trent Alexander-Arnold

01:28moving into midfield, it might just maybe make them tune in a little bit, you know,

01:34give them a little bit of extra incentive to tune in and see how he gets on, and as you say,

01:39the Dagenclough era's over, and Slott's come in, and could he move in there? I mean, Slott plays

01:47a 4-2-3-1, so you would think he would want two players who can sit in there, and look,

01:54Trent Alexander-Arnold's passing, he would certainly give you those attributes, and much

01:58could come down to Slott's recruitments as well. He's been linked with the right back from Feyenoord,

02:04and if he came in, then you would certainly have to say that Trent Alexander-Arnold's

02:09in there for a midfield role, because why would you bring him in when you've got Alexander-Arnold,

02:14you know, you've got Conor Bradley there as well, and maybe you play those two together

02:18and rotate them, and you move Alexander-Arnold into the middle, but no, it is tantalising,

02:25I would say, how he's going to perform in there, because there are some doubts, I mean,

02:29I think Roy Keane come out and said that he can't play, he's the top opposition

02:33in midfield, well, if he's given the chance, you can only see how he fares in there.