JURGEN KLOPP has criticised Liverpool fans who booed Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The right-back is not signing a new contract at Anfield and will leave his boyhood club for Real Madrid this summer.
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Shutterstock EditorialAlexander-Arnold has been booed by Liverpool fans since his exit was confirmed[/caption]
Some Liverpool supporters have turned on the former fans’ favourite, booing him when he was subbed on against Arsenal two weeks ago.
Klopp attended an LFC Foundation fundraising event last night and brought along a signed Alexander-Arnold shirt to auction off.
The legendary boss defended the player and hit out at the reaction to his departure.
Klopp said: “I don’t want to tell anybody what they shall think, I don’t want to tell you what you have to think.
“But I can tell you what you think is wrong. That’s what I can do.
“Because I’m an old man and I don’t waste time hiding my opinion.
“Trent Alexander-Arnold is one of the players that made it all happen.
“This boy, 18-years-old, scored a free-kick in Hoffenheim where if he doesn’t score that we don’t qualify for the Champions League.
“Against Barcelona he did the most cheeky thing in the world and set up the goal for 4-0, a result and a game which will not happen again.
“I don’t tell you that you should not be disappointed, you should not be angry. I tell you don’t forget. This club doesn’t forget. We are famous for not forgetting, we don’t forget anything.
“I watched the game where he came on and I heard the booing.
“I switched the telly off because, honestly, I could not have been more disappointed in this moment.
“This is not us. 100 per cent not us. Be angry, don’t understand, whatever.
“This boy, I was there everyday, if he didn’t give everything I would tell you now. But everyday he gave absolutely everything to this badge.
“Now he decided after 20 years at this club that he wants to go somewhere else.
“Why didn’t he sign a new contract?’ I hear this from fans, this money discussion: ‘He goes without a transfer fee’.
“If somebody should be angry about that it’s the owners, but they are not.
“He wears the Liverpool badge in the skin. But now he plays for another club. We decide how we deal with that.”
Klopp’s passionate speech was met by applause from the fans at the event.
Team-mate Mo Salah previously criticised the booing, saying: “I was surprised because it is not how we act as Liverpool fans.
“The fans have been harsh with him. He didn’t deserve that because he gave it all to the fans.
“We always appreciate the people who came here, even if it was for six months.
“He deserves the best farewell leaving the club. He has done a lot for the city and a lot for the club.”
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