'Conversation I had' - Trent Alexander-Arnold makes claim over future amid Liverpool contract wait

Trent Alexander-Arnold admits he will only know if he truly fulfilled his potential the day after he retires as he outlined his hopes for the remainder of his career.

Now inside the final year of his Anfieldcontract, the Reds’ vice-captain has been repeatedly linked with Real Madrid

Madrid can speak to the West Derby-born star about a pre-contract agreement in January.

That prospect is an ominous one for Liverpool, who could yet lose one of their outstanding players for nothing

Trent has opened up on how he will view his own career when he finally calls time in years to come.

while the Reds full-back is eager to add more silverware to an already glittering collection, there are other factors he says he will consider at a time when his long-term future is the topic of daily debate.

Trent

“This was a conversation I had last camp with (Eberechi) Eze when we’re going to Ireland,”

“I was on the coach down the airport and we had this conversation. I said, you know, that there’s a chance I may never win another trophy in my career again.

“There’s a chance of that. There’s a chance I win many, many more.

“And you’ll only know the morning after you retire. You’ll look yourself in the mirror and you’ll have a feeling of either regret or satisfaction of what you have achieved.

“But I don’t think you can value that on trophies and medals or goals and assists; anything like that. It’s more [that] I give it absolutely everything from start to finish and I’ve put everything into it.

“And as long as I can say that, that every single day I put everything in to it, I tried to get better every single day, I tried to improve myself, I tried to be the best player I could be for the team and I tried to help the team win as many games as possible,

“and I believe that I maximised the potential that everyone told me from a very young age that I had, then I’ll be more than satisfied.”