Jurgen Klopp make feelings VERY clear on Liverpool fans booing Trent Alexander-Arnold

Jurgen Klopp has thrown his support behind by criticising the fans who booed him after he confirmed his departure. Alexander-Arnold became after on a free transfer for this summer.

The Reds vice-captain will leave after helping the club win two titles, a , , two League Cups, the Club World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. He has been on the club’s books for 20 years and came through the academy to make 353 appearances for the first team.

His history with the club became irrelevant for some supporters after his announcement and in the following match against . Fans are disappointed he would choose to leave Liverpool, while the lack of a transfer fee has exacerbated things.

But former Liverpool manager Klopp, who was there for many of Alexander-Arnold’s best moments in a red shirt, has nailed his colours to the mast. Appearing as a guest of honour at the LFC Foundation Gala Ball on Friday night, he made an impassioned speech in defence of the 26-year-old while auctioning off one of his shirts.

“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. Because I am an old man and I don’t waste time with hiding my opinion,” said Klopp, who now works as head of global soccer for .

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“I watched the game when he came on and I heard the booing. I’m old so it may be my hearing so I turned up the volume and said ‘That’s booing’. 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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His words clearly resonated with some because Alexander-Arnold’s No.66 Liverpool shirt fetched £22,000 for the LFC Foundation, of which Klopp is an ambassador. Liverpool chief executive Billy Hogan revealed that Klopp donated €100,000 (£84,000) to the foundation when he became an ambassador and his passion for the club and its players still burns bright.

“I was there every day – if he wouldn’t have given everything, I would tell you now but every day he gave absolutely everything for this club and now, after 20 years, he has decided he wants to go somewhere else,” added the German, who said he had contemplated attending Sunday’s final match of the season in an Alexander-Arnold shirt but did not want to detract from the Premier League trophy presentation.

“If someone should be angry it should be the owners – but they are not. ‘Why didn’t he sign a new contract?’. I hear this from fans, this money discussion: ‘He goes without a transfer fee’.

“They (the owners) have to be angry. Not us but it is not about that. He gave absolutely everything and wears the Liverpool badge in the skin. This boy, 18 years old, scored a free-kick in Hoffenheim where if he doesn’t score that we don’t qualify for the Champions League.

“Against he did the most cheeky thing in the and set up the goal for 4-0, a result and a game which will not happen again. But now he plays next year for another club and we decide how we deal with that.”

Alexander-Arnold could make his final appearance as a Liverpool player when they play in the last game of the Premier League season on Sunday.

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