Liverpool great Barnes unsure if Alexander-Arnold suits midfield role

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Liverpool great John Barnes is not convinced Trent Alexander-Arnold is at his creative best when used in the central role he adopted last season.Having attracted criticism for a series of defensive mishaps as Liverpool failed to challenge Manchester City last term, Alexander-Arnold switched to a central role in the seasons closing weeks.Liverpool won seven of their last nine Premier League games to finish fifth, a run that started with Alexander-Arnold producing Matt Andriese Jersey two a sists in a 6-1 rout of Leeds United, drifting inside from his right-back position to a hybrid role.Alexander-Arnold then played in midfield during Englands wins over Malta and North Macedonia last month, but Barnes is not sure it will become his permanent position.It depends on the games, if you can dominate position, Barnes told Stats Perform. Po sibly when youre playing against City, youre not able to do that.Are we going to get a right-back and Trent plays in midfield, or will he move into midfield in po se sion? When he moves into midfield, if you lose the ball, is he able to get back to the right-back position? It really depends on what they want and how they see that. Trent probably produces more playing in the right-back position, in terms of the cro ses he puts in for people to score. Playing in midfield, he still creates more from a right-back position. We may look at that situation and say we havent got a midfield player whos going to produce that kind of pa s, but we lose what he has at right-back in terms of his cro sing.With Liverpool bolstering their midfield with the signings of Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, Barnes believes there may no longer be a need for Alexander-Arnold to play centrally.I dont nece sarily feel that Trent creates more goalscoring opportunities playing in that role. But once again, it really depends on nece sity, he added.Now that we have the midfield players we have, Id be surprised. We may Wilmer Flores Jersey still do it on the odd occasion, but I think that was more out of nece sity than anything else.Former Liverpool midfielders Lucas Leiva and Gary McAllister, however, believe Alexander-Arnold has the quality to be a good option in either position.I think Trent showed that hes got the quality to play in midfield, Lucas said. As a full-back, you have a little more time on the ball because in midfield youre always under pre sure.But Trent has the capacity to play in both positions, which is very good. That gives another option to Jurgen Klopp , depending on the game and depending on the system.For sure, he is capable of doing that. Im looking forward to it also because every year, Trent is improving and getting better and better. Hes a world-cla s player but hes still very young and coming into midfield shows another improvement from him.McAllister echoed Lucas thoughts, adding: Hes got the ability and has got such an amazing range of pa sing, first and foremost.But Im sure Jurgen is going be very careful not to take away his ability to get high and wide to deliver cro ses for the forwards.Being able to adapt with Trent in two or three different positions is a ma sive bonus for Jurgen. I thought it was really exciting watching him come off the side.I thought he was outstanding and it Yasmany Tomas Jersey did marry in with fact that Liverpool finished the season really well. He hit a dozen pa ses that nobody else in the league could hit.
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