'The boy became a man' - Klopp on Alexander-Arnold's PL century

Trent Alexander-Arnold is in line to make his 100th Premier League appearance for Liverpool on Saturday - and Jürgen Klopp has detailed his pride in the progress made by his No.66.

Should Alexander-Arnold feature against West Ham United at Anfield, he will become the club’s fifth-youngest player to reach the three-figure landmark, following Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler, Jamie Redknapp and Steven Gerrard.

Still just 22 years of age, the Scouser has achieved plenty both collectively and individually since his top-flight debut in December 2016, and Klopp believes there is still more to come.

“Great number. Interesting journey, came in with a super basis as a player, as a person, and used it to make big, big development steps,” the boss said.

“I heard about it [the milestone] and when you see pictures from his pretty much first game - really, the boy who came and the man he is now, even though he’s a young man, the difference couldn’t be bigger.

“Of course, when you look at his age there is a lot of space for improvement, just time-wise already, and he will use that. He will become even a better person - maybe that’s difficult, but more a personality and all these kind of things.

“It’s really nice to be a part of this journey, to be honest, because everybody dreams of something like that and then when you are part of it, that makes it pretty special.”

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