Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but Trent Alexander-Arnold has been doing his best Steven Gerrard impression since signing his new adidas boot deal.
The right-back has followed in the Anfield legend’s footsteps by becoming an adidas Predator athlete, and now he’s filling his boots as his spiritual successor in midfield.
Alexander-Arnold had football fans of a certain age weak at the knees when he stepped onto the pitch wearing a throwback pair of white Predators for the first time against Man City — complete with fold-over tongue and everything.
They are in fact the newest model of the fabled boot, which harks back to the glory days of Gerrard, David Beckham, Alessandro del Piero and Zinedine Zidane — with Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham also rocking a pair.
Better yet is that Trent scored a vital equaliser in a 1-1 draw against Liverpool’s title rivals with a goal Gerrard would have been proud of, with his performances since pulling on his new Preds leading to questions over whether he is the true successor to Gerrard in Liverpool’s midfield.
While Gareth Southgate has no hesitation to play him in a more central role for England, Jurgen Klopp has distanced himself from the pressure of changing the defender’s position.
The German once said he ‘didn’t understand’ why he would ‘make the best right-back in the world a midfielder’, but it has been clear for some time that Alexander-Arnold’s strengths are in attack, not in defence.
He was described as the ‘heartbeat’ of Klopp’s Liverpool 2.0 on Match of the Day over the weekend, with clear comparisons to Gerrard made — so perhaps it’s time for the Reds boss to have a rethink?
Following the draw with City, Liverpool ran out winners in a seven-goal thriller with Fulham and, again,
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