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Jurgen Klopp Shocked By Trent Alexander-Arnold's Omission From England Squad

Jurgen Klopp Shocked By Trent Alexander-Arnold's Omission From England Squad

Liverpool boss Klopp did not understand Gareth Southgate's decision.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Jurgen Klopp admits he was surprised by Trent Alexander-Arnold's England snub and did not understand Gareth Southgate's decision.

The Liverpool defender was left out of the World Cup qualifiers against San Marino, Albania and Poland.

Southgate said the player hasn't been at the same level this season as the last few years.

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But his exclusion from The Three Lions squad baffled Klopp who said he respects Southgate's decision but says he did not understand it.

The Reds boss said: "If Trent Alexander-Arnold is not in the squad then England must have an extremely good squad.

"I was surprised when he didn't get the call-up. I respect the decision, of course I do. But I didn't understand it.

"I am a manager myself; I make decisions every day, every weekend, every midweek about team selections and squad selections."

Klopp added: "We always make decisions that other people probably do not understand.

"I respect that Gareth makes his own decisions, of course, but I didn't understand it anyway because Trent Alexander-Arnold was in the last two seasons at least, let me say the season before and the season before that, the stand out right-back in world football - that is the truth and at an unbelievable young age.

"He started the season with Covid and you can imagine it took him a while to get into the season, but from the moment when he was in the season, he was one of our most consistent players and a stand-out player.

"He could play all the time, high level all these types of things, so that cannot be the reason that he was not in the squad."

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Alexander-Arnold has been the subject of criticism this campaign for his below par performances in the Premier League.

His side are a massive 25 points adrift of league leaders Manchester City as the defending champion occupy seventh place in the table.

Should Alexander-Arnold be named in the England squad for the European Championships this summer?

Let us know what you think.

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Topics: Liverpool, Football News, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Football, England, Jurgen Klopp, Gareth Southgate

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Darren Till, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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