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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Keifer MacDonald

Gareth Southgate delivers brutal blow to Trent Alexander-Arnold's World Cup hopes with blunt message

England manager Gareth Southgate has delivered another brutal blow to Trent Alexander-Arnold, insisting Kieran Trippier's all-round game is 'ahead of' the Liverpool defender's.

Alexander-Arnold made the headlines while on international duty this week after he was one of five players cut from Southgate's squad for the Nations League finale against Germany on Monday evening.

The West-Derby star - who has won the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup, League Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup since making his Liverpool debut in 2016 - has repeatedly struggled to win over the assurances of the England manager since making his debut for the Three Lions back in 2018.

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