Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Exclusion From England’s Squad Is Surprising – Rooney

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has expressed grave concerns over Trent Alexander-Arnold’s international future. This comes following his omission from Thomas Tuchel’s latest England squad, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he believes it is not looking too good for Trent at the moment, and the Real Madrid defender might have already been permanently discarded from the German manager’s plans ahead of the World Cup.

Rooney, however, added that Alexander-Arnold should be included in the squad because he brings a unique set of skills that no other English player can replicate.

His words, “The one big surprise, obviously, was Trent. I find it incredible that he’s not in a 35-man squad. It didn’t sound like there was any way back for Trent in the squad, the way Thomas Tuchel spoke.

But he should be in that squad. Look at his ability, his quality – I know he’s not the best defender, he’ll probably admit that himself. But what he has on the ball is something no other English player has. He’s been playing for Real Madrid recently and playing really well. I think sometimes we judge players too quickly and I’ve been guilty of that myself. You don’t know how difficult it was for him to go over there to settle in and he picked up a few injuries as well.

There’s an argument that he should start for England. So to not have him in the squad, it feels a little bit deeper from Tuchel. Now I know he’s close with Jude [Bellingham] and it looks like there’s been a few issues with Jude not being in the squad of late. So maybe Tuchel feels there’s a clique there and he’s trying to split that up. I don’t know, I don’t know what the reasons are.”

WOW.

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