Gary Lineker Questions Thomas Tuchel’s Public Comments on Trent Alexander-Arnold

“So not notably supportive feedback from Thomas Tuchel.

“And I don’t see why Tuchel would have mentioned that. It’s a really weird assertion for a supervisor to make.

“I bear in mind considering comparable issues on the time, however he’s the man in cost so it doesn’t notably bode properly for Trent.

“He’s saying he’s not as robust defensively as he’s attacking. Oh actually? Who would have thought that?

“The explanation for that’s he’s probably the greatest attacking gamers in world soccer. I imply I’ve all the time been very pro-Trent.

“The entire thing about his defensive facet, in the event you play him that far ahead and transfer him into midfield, there are going to be components once you don’t defend notably brilliantly.

“However different right-backs make errors as properly and no person says something. If a participant goes previous Trent, it’s ‘oh see, there’s his weak point’.

“So it grew to become this factor that individuals regarded for, greater than in all probability in actuality that was there. No participant can do every little thing brilliantly.

“In the event that they do, they’re usually midfield gamers. I all the time thought Trent was a midfielder changed into a full-back sooner or later when he first bought into the Liverpool facet and by no means bought shifted out.

“And on the events he’s been chucked into the England set-up as a midfielder, he hadn’t had that have taking part in there over current seasons so it’s troublesome.

“However inside there’s a fully sensible midfield participant, and it’s a little bit of a disgrace that he’s ended up having to play at full-back.

“Additionally you may’t have your coaches and managers speaking negatively about you in public. That’s incorrect, Tuchel shouldn’t have carried out that. I don’t know what possessed him to do it.

“When you suppose that, that’s positive and you may have personal conversations with the participant addressing the problems. However you don’t do this publicly simply to justify your personal choices, it’s simply incorrect.

“(Trent wasn’t within the squad at time of feedback). That’s why Tuchel was attempting to justify it, perhaps, I don’t know the explanations he would have mentioned that.

“However it was distinctly odd, uncommon and a mistake. You don’t do this publicly about gamers.”