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[article]Liverpool teenager Trent Alexander-Arnold’s exceptional season has been rewarded after the defender
triggered an incentive bonus in his contract.
Alexander-Arnold
signed a five year deal at Anfield in July last year, but the club realised the
19-year-old had the potential to make sterling progress in the year ahead.
Several appearance clauses were included to recognise his development, and the most recent was activated after his 30thsenior Liverpool appearance, improving his terms. He has now made 39 appearances under Jürgen Kopp.
The 19-year-old has continued to prove his value throughout a breakthrough campaign, particularly excelling in the Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City which he followed up in with a man-of-the-match display against Bournemouth over the weekend.
Liverpool’s Academy graduate has seen his role significantly elevated over the course of this campaign, his adaptation to a right-back position even more impressive when it is considered he has spent most of his youth career as a midfielder.
Although Liverpool do not publicise player salaries, it is believed the youngster’s has significantly increased to at least around £40,000 a week as a result of his performances.
Further recognition may yet follow if Gareth Southgate is convinced of Alexander-Arnold’s England credentials before the World Cup, although England are not short of quality on the right of their defence with Kyle Walker and Kieran Trippier.
Like Klopp, Southgate will be buoyed by Joe Gomez’s upbeat assessment of his injury, which could put him back in contention for the trip to West Bromwich Albion this weekend.
Gomez is hopeful of being fit for The Hawthorns after recovering from the ankle problem suffered while on international duty. He has missed the last three weeks, including five Liverpool fixtures.
At the very least, the 20-year-old expects to be available for the Champions League first leg against Roma. Klopp will be relieved Gomez’s condition has improved having lost Joel Matip for the rest of the season and seen Dejan Lovren limp off with a tight groin in the closing stages against Bournemouth.
At this stage, it seems Lovren’s substitution was a precaution.
Liverpool need two more wins to guarantee a top-four finish, and Klopp is aiming to build on the buoyancy around the club after recent results and performances.
“The mood is so positive in Liverpool; we had a walk in the city – which we always do when we’re in the hotel (pre-match) - and it kind of felt like a parade already, people were clapping their hands and beeping their horn and shouting ‘Well done’. We still had to play Bournemouth,” said Klopp.
“We know it was good but the next game needs to be good as well. That’s quite a challenge for the human side of us. The boys did really well.”[/article]
