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Topics: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jurgen Klopp, Premier League, Football, Liverpool
Ryan Smart
Topics: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jurgen Klopp, Premier League, Football, Liverpool
Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold got emotional when asked what outgoing manager Jurgen Klopp has meant to him during his career.
Klopp will leave the Reds at the conclusion of today's final Premier League game of the season against Wolves at Anfield.
Over the past week, Liverpool have held a series of events to commemorate Klopp's near nine-year spell at the club, which has seen him win seven trophies including the Premier League and Champions League.
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Alexander-Arnold's connection to the German is a personal one, as Klopp successfully integrated him into the first team after he graduated from Liverpool's academy.
The 25-year-old started out as a right midfielder in the academy, but agreed with Reds coaches that he would shift to right-back.
Alexander-Arnold's sublime passing range has also made him an asset in the centre of midfield, and he has played a hybrid-style role of both positions during Klopp's final 18 months in charge.
The 56-year-old has helped the England international to become one of the best attacking full-backs on the planet - so it may come as no surprise that there was emotion when Alexander-Arnold was ask to sum up his soon-to-be former manager.
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He told Sky Sports: "There's a clip of my debut, and he [Klopp] goes in for a handshake and I just straight up hug him. That just shows what it meant to me.
"It's the proudest moment I'll ever have, being able to make my debut. Him being the manager to give that to me is something I will never be able to repay him for.
"Incredibly special to have been a part of his journey, and he's somebody I'll tell my kids and my grandkids about.
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"He goes down one of the best ever, for me, whether it's within Liverpool or within the history of football. What's he achieved, the way his style and the way he's implemented the style on the league and on football himself, the intensity he's brought to it has been incredible.
"I think he'll go down as one of the greatest to do it, and rightly so."