Trent Alexander-Arnold has every reason to feel aggrieved with Gareth Southgate’s decision-making during the March international break.
While his form for Liverpool this season can be described as inconsistent at best, the right-back will have still felt miffed to have been left out of the latest England squad. And when Reece James withdrew from the camp through injury, he can feel hard done by that he wasn’t called up as a replacement.
But the biggest insult to the defender will have been Southgate bemoaning a lack of English talent available to him, as the Three Lions boss suggested he may need to start selecting from "the Championship or elsewhere" in future due to a decreasing number of English players in both the Premier League and Champions League.
