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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: Trent Alexander-Arnold
« Last post by Stan. on Today at 03:20:15 pm »He plays half of most games in midfield. He’s being asked to do a lot of things you’d ask a CM to do, even if it’s from a starting position as an RB.
His role for Liverpool has very rarely been that of a traditional RB.
If we played Trent just as a midfielder where do you see him playing? Personally I think it’s as a 6 or part of a double pivot. I’m less convinced about him as an 8.
Yeah that’s a fair point and then there’s the argument that he’s so effective in that role because he becomes an extra man in midfield rather than just one of the three. Personally I’d keep him in that sort of role, only because even with a new manager we’re likely to want to start Szoboszlai and Mac Allister in most games and the third midfielder is likely to need to be a more combative defensive type like Endo.
That said, if whoever comes in doesn’t want his fullbacks playing that role, my earlier point stands that if the club and/or Trent see his long term future as a midfielder, how many more years can he stay as a fullback before it’s too late to switch at the top level? As a midfielder he strikes me more of an 8 only because he’s so effective as a creative force in the final third. He could well be a 6 in a double pivot but would need to be the less defensive of the two and have some licence to get forward.