Jurgen Klopp turned TV off when Liverpool fans booed Trent Alexander-Arnold | OneFootball

Jurgen Klopp says he “could not have been more disappointed” to hear Liverpool fans booing Trent Alexander-Arnold at Anfield ahead of the right-back’s departure.

The 26-year-old received a mixed reaction from supporters when he was brought on during the Reds’ 2-2 draw with Arsenal earlier this month.

Alexander-Arnold is expected to sign for Real Madrid this summer, bringing to an end the two-decade long association with his boyhood club.

Klopp turned TV off when Liverpool fans booed Alexander-Arnold

Klopp says he was so upset when he heard boos coming from the stands that he turned off his TV. The former Liverpool boss says that while he understands fan anger at the player’s decision, they should not forget everything he did for the club during his illustrious spell.

“I don’t want to tell anyone what they should think, I don’t want to say what you have to think but I can tell you what you think is wrong. I am an old man and I don’t waste time with hiding my opinion,” said Klopp, who was guest of honour at the LFC Foundation – of which he is an ambassador – Gala Ball.

“I watched the game when he came on and I heard the booing. I’m old so I thought it might be my hearing so I turned up the volume and said ‘That’s booing’.

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“I needed another 10 seconds to realise and then I switched the telly off. I honestly could not have been more disappointed in this moment. This is not us, 100 per cent.

“I don’t tell you you should not be disappointed or angry, I tell you ‘Don’t forget’. This club does not forget. We are famous for not forgetting.

“We don’t forget anything: we don’t forget the good thing and we don’t forget the bad thing. But we ignore the bad things and remember the good things.

“You don’t have to be happy he is going but don’t forget what he did for this club because I can’t forget it.”

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