Trent A-A’s mature Liverpool interview belies his age

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In Nathaniel Clyne and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool have the right-back spot well and truly covered for the foreseeable future.

Clyne is only 25, while his team-mate is just 18-years-old and has shown this season that he could develop into one of the best in the business if he continues improving at the current rate.

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For the Under-23s, he’s been sensational and in truth, he’s probably outgrown that level of football already.

Jurgen Klopp’s given him more than a few opportunities for the first-team, with the teenager making eight appearances already – impressing in most.

The youngster went on the squad’s training camp to La Manga and has explained quite excellently why he enjoyed the experience so much.

“I think because you’re away 24 hours a day, you get to see what their whole routines are – what they put into their body, what time they go to sleep, everything like that,” the 18-year-old told Liverpoolfc.com.

“You see how professional every single player is, and you’re kind of surprised by it. You hear rumours about how professional the first-team players are at the Academy, but when you’re in and around it you actually see that nothing bad will go into their body because they know it won’t help them, things like that.

“It’s incredible because it just shows the level you have to get to and that’s what all us youngsters are trying to do.”

“I think every bit of advice you get, you’ve got to take it because obviously the players are more experienced and they’ve been in the position that I’m in right now so they know the situation better than me.

“If they know how to handle it, it’s best if they give me that knowledge and then I can absorb it and use it. I think that’ll help me.”

It’s great that Alexander-Arnold is picking things up from his more established team-mates.

He’s unlikely to feature much from now until the summer though, as we’re out of the cup competitions and Clyne’s fully fit.

The fullback will be a key part of the pre-season tour, however, and with Liverpool hopefully qualifying for Europe ahead of 2017/18, he’ll have a big part to play next term.

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