Thomas Tuchel says Trent Alexander-Arnold 'has to accept' his decision to leave him out of the 35-man England squad 🏴:
🗣️ "I know it creates noise when you leave a player like Trent out. We had a call, I tried to explain the situation. He just has to accept it. It’s just a choice. A 'sportive' choice. A difficult choice and maybe a hard choice - and maybe to a certain degree unfair, but these choices have to be made.
I think I know what Trent can give us, so the choice was for Ben (White) and for Tino Livramento, to stick with the guys who actually had good camps with us in September, November, December. They also need the minutes, and there are a lot of good players for this position, and Djed Spence as well, who fights for a ticket."
🗣️ "I know it creates noise when you leave a player like Trent out. We had a call, I tried to explain the situation. He just has to accept it. It’s just a choice. A 'sportive' choice. A difficult choice and maybe a hard choice - and maybe to a certain degree unfair, but these choices have to be made.
I think I know what Trent can give us, so the choice was for Ben (White) and for Tino Livramento, to stick with the guys who actually had good camps with us in September, November, December. They also need the minutes, and there are a lot of good players for this position, and Djed Spence as well, who fights for a ticket."
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Thomas Tuchel explains his decision around Ben White's England recall 🔙:
🗣️ "I think everyone deserves a second chance, and I don’t know exactly what happened. Once I asked Ben if he was ready to play for me and for England, straight away, without hesitation, he said he was desperate to come back.
I think it is necessary that he clears the air with his teammates, and we go from there."
🗣️ "I think everyone deserves a second chance, and I don’t know exactly what happened. Once I asked Ben if he was ready to play for me and for England, straight away, without hesitation, he said he was desperate to come back.
I think it is necessary that he clears the air with his teammates, and we go from there."
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Jurgen Klopp's story about Mo Salah being 'worried' he wouldn't get into the Liverpool team 😳:
🗣️ "When we signed him, he asked me, 'Where will I play?'. We had Sadio Mane and Phil Coutinho. He was really worried about if he would play. Can you imagine Mo Salah today, compared to that young man?
He was part of the best front three in world football for a long time, and he was the one who always had the highest numbers. That says something. It is not easy to be slightly above the other two guys.
Sadio was a mix of both. Bobby [Firmino] was the genius, and Mo was the one with the goal always in his mind. You cannot train that."
(via the Anfield Wrap)
🗣️ "When we signed him, he asked me, 'Where will I play?'. We had Sadio Mane and Phil Coutinho. He was really worried about if he would play. Can you imagine Mo Salah today, compared to that young man?
He was part of the best front three in world football for a long time, and he was the one who always had the highest numbers. That says something. It is not easy to be slightly above the other two guys.
Sadio was a mix of both. Bobby [Firmino] was the genius, and Mo was the one with the goal always in his mind. You cannot train that."
(via the Anfield Wrap)
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