Jamie Carragher can't hide Trent Alexander-Arnold feelings on live TV - 'I'm not angry'

Jamie Carragher admits when it comes to 'I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed.'

The England defender, 26, announced on Monday Alexander-Arnold, who has more assists than any defender in the competition's history, is expected to join on a free transfer when his contract ends.

Carragher spent his entire career at Anfield, making 737 appearances in all competitions for the Reds. A one-club man, he insists Liverpool's No.66 won't ever see his contribution to the club ever "be diminished". But he believes that Alexander-Arnold's decision to depart will change how he is viewed by supporters.

“Players are loved even more when they genuinely mean it when they say they do not want to play for anyone else,” Carragher wrote in a column in The Telegraph. “If that image of the home-grown talent living the dream is an illusion, people feel let down.

“By leaving , Alexander-Arnold is making it harder for his own club to win its 21st league title and seventh European Cup. That is bound to stir emotions. With Monday’s statement, the unconditional support Alexander-Arnold enjoyed from the Kop when he was fully committed to Liverpool has gone.”

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Speaking on Monday Night on , Carragher was asked about Alexander-Arnold's decision to depart. He said: “My thing with Trent is, it’s his career, he’s free to choose what he’s going to do and he’s going to the biggest club in the .

“I’m not angry, I’m more just disappointed that as a local player, he doesn’t think Liverpool’s enough when it’s winning. We’ve had players in the past who’ve left, Steve McManaman, Michael Owen, almost left, but that was because they were playing for Liverpool teams who weren’t as good as this Liverpool team.

“This Liverpool team is arguably among the best five or six teams in Europe, just won the Premier League and could be on the verge of something special over the next five or six years. They are looking like they could have an era of domination maybe and win a lot of big trophies and that’s not enough for him.”

Alexander-Arnold said opting to leave Liverpool was “easily the hardest decision” he had made in his life.

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