The boss of England Thomas Tuchel warns Trent Alexander-Arnold to defend himself after the head coach of Liverpool, Arne Slot, admits that he also did the same thing | Football news
The boss of England, Thomas Tuchel, warned Trent Alexander-Arnold that he could cost the glory of the campaign World Cup unless he improves defensively.
Alexander-Arnold was appointed to the Tuchel team for the next games against Andorra and Senegal, having been injured for the March camp.
But the German has already strongly marked the rear right card before its prolonged transfer to Real Madrid this summer.
Alexander-Arnold, one of the most creative defenders in the world, has often been criticized for his defensive failures.
Tuchel says that Alexander-Arnold must improve if he wants to be involved for England, but is eager to know him.
The German said: “I can see that sometimes he is strongly based on his offensive contributions and does not emphasize so much on defensive discipline and effort.
“This major impact he had for Liverpool for so many years, if he wants to have this impact in the English national team, he must take the defensive part very seriously.
“Because when we talk, above all, about qualified football and then tournament football, the only defensive error, the only time you are not 100% awake, can be decisive, maybe the moment when you pack your suitcases and go home.
“We will put everything into consideration, but now is the time to know him. I know him. I played against him. I had phone calls with him.
“But now is the time to feel it for nine or 10 days, to feel it around the team, to see what it can do, what it can bring, then from there, we leave.”
Slot: I told Trent that he had not shown his full defensive capacity
Liverpool boss Arne Slot said earlier on Friday that the 26 -year -old “could do a little more, to say it slightly” in training to improve, but that he was a better defender than people did not grant him credit.
Slot revealed that he had spoken a lot with Alexander-Arnold at the start of the season when he drew him from his defense.
“He will go in both cases so why not say it? This is already a first gift that I can offer to Xabi Alonso [expected to be the new Real Madrid manager]”He said.
“I was not completely satisfied with every minute how he was on the training ground. In my opinion, at times, he could do a little more, to say it slowly.
“I said to him:” You are a much better defender than everyone tells you. Unfortunately, you don’t show it all the time. “This is why people sometimes tell you that it is part of a game you need to improve.
“If you are just on it and you are focused and concentrated, there are not many players who can get around it because it is fast, agile. It has a great mentality.
“It is a question of showing it in every match, because in this world, we are judged not only on the 34 games that we do well, we are mainly judged on the four games that we do not do so well.”
