Alexander-Arnold Says he is Leaving Liverpool

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Everton v Liverpool - Goodison Park, Liverpool, Britain - April 24, 2024 Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Everton v Liverpool - Goodison Park, Liverpool, Britain - April 24, 2024 Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold REUTERS
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Alexander-Arnold Says he is Leaving Liverpool

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Everton v Liverpool - Goodison Park, Liverpool, Britain - April 24, 2024 Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Everton v Liverpool - Goodison Park, Liverpool, Britain - April 24, 2024 Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold REUTERS

England defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is leaving Liverpool, the club he has been at since the age of six, he said on social media platform X on Monday, calling it the hardest decision of his life.
Born in Liverpool, Alexander-Arnold rose through the youth ranks to become one of the best right backs in the world, winning two Premier League titles, the Champions League and the Club World Cup with the English team.
"This club has been my whole life – my whole world - for 20 years," Alexander-Arnold said in his statement. "From the Academy right through until now, the support and love I have felt from everyone inside and outside of the club will stay with me forever. I will forever be in debt to you all.
"But, I have never known anything else and this decision is about experiencing a new challenge, taking myself out of my comfort zone and pushing myself both professionally and personally."
The 26-year-old England international frequently played in a hybrid midfield role for Liverpool in recent seasons, operating as a full back when out of possession but moving into midfield during attacks.



Postecoglou Wants Ambition from Tottenham After Europa League Success 

Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - May 25, 2025 Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou with the Europa League trophy during a lap of appreciation after the match. (Action Images via Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - May 25, 2025 Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou with the Europa League trophy during a lap of appreciation after the match. (Action Images via Reuters)
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Postecoglou Wants Ambition from Tottenham After Europa League Success 

Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - May 25, 2025 Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou with the Europa League trophy during a lap of appreciation after the match. (Action Images via Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - May 25, 2025 Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou with the Europa League trophy during a lap of appreciation after the match. (Action Images via Reuters)

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has urged the club to show ambition after ending its 17-year trophy drought as he awaits a decision on whether he will stay on for a third season at the English team.

Tottenham claimed its first piece of major silverware since 2008 by beating Manchester United 1-0 in the Europa League final last month, earning in the process a spot in next season’s Champions League.

Postecoglou remains in the dark about his future, though, with his status affected by Tottenham’s 17th-placed finish — its lowest since the Premier League was founded in 1992.

In an interview with Australian Broadcasting Corp. published Monday while on a family holiday in Greece, Postecoglou said he hasn’t wanted to let the club “just enjoy the moment” because he “wanted us to think about what’s next.”

“Don’t settle for this,” he told ABC’s Australian Story. “We’ve got a taste of it now. My players have got a taste for it. The club’s got a taste for it. Well, let’s make sure we’re back here again.”

Those comments explain why, during Tottenham’s trophy parade, the 59-year-old Australian declared in front of tens of thousands of fans in north London: “Season three is always better than season two.”

However, away from winning the Europa League, Tottenham has been on a downward trajectory in the Premier League since the team’s strong start to Postecoglou’s first season in charge.

This season, he clearly made Europa League success the priority over results in the Premier League, rotating heavily and protecting the fitness of various key players.

Tottenham lost 22 of its 38 league games and that woeful record has increased the scrutiny and pressure on Postecoglou.

“That was when the laser focus came in,” Postecoglou said when explaining why he essentially sacrificed the league. “Every decision I made was around, ‘Well, how do we navigate this to get to where we want to?’”

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