{"id":296699,"date":"2023-11-16T23:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T23:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296699"},"modified":"2023-11-16T23:25:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T23:25:48","slug":"alexander-arnold-relishing-chance-to-set-tempo-in-englands-midfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/alexander-arnold-relishing-chance-to-set-tempo-in-englands-midfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander-Arnold relishing chance to set tempo in England&apos;s midfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Trent Alexander-Arnold is relishing the opportunity to set the tempo in a midfield role for England &#8211; with Gareth Southgate ready to revive the experiment against Malta<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England take on Malta in a Euro 2024 qualifying clash at Wembley on Friday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trent Alexander-Arnold is hoping for another midfield outing for the Three Lions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Southgate&#8217;s loyalty to his players is an issue and a weakness &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gareth Southgate is ready to revive his Trent Alexander-Arnold midfield experiment against Malta on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool full back Alexander-Arnold has excelled playing in a defender-midfielder hybrid role \u2014 and manager Southgate is keen to have a closer look at the 25-year-old in a more advanced role at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>The Anfield academy graduate played as a conventional central midfielder in the first game against Malta earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether Alexander-Arnold is deployed as an out-and-out midfielder on Friday, but given England are likely to dominate the game Southgate will give his player licence to spend the majority of the game in the engine room.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Conor Gallagher is also hopeful of starting in midfield after some impressive performances for Chelsea in recent weeks, while Jordan Henderson could also play.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/21\/77903753-0-image-a-21_1700171809722.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gareth Southgate could revive his Trent Alexander-Arnold midfield experiment against Malta<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/21\/77902175-0-image-a-22_1700171922748.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Southgate is keen to have a closer look at the 25-year-old in a more advanced role at Wembley<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Kalvin Phillips is unavailable after missing three training sessions due to a personal matter, while Marc Guehi is in line to start in defence.<\/p>\n<p>On the prospect of playing centrally, Alexander-Arnold said: \u2018In my teenage years I was a midfielder so it\u2019s a position I have some knowledge of.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018How to conduct myself and perform in the middle of the pitch is something that I\u2019ve been tasked with and sitting down and watching and trying to learn and adapt.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As for whether I\u2019m a midfielder or not \u2014 my specific skillset is probably best suited to someone who plays in the middle of the pitch, someone who controls the game, controls the tempo, creates, breaks line, progresses the ball up the pitch so those kinds of skills you would say are suited to someone who plays in the middle of the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You probably get more out of me from being in the middle and I\u2019m able to show off that skillset as much as possible.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Southgate disclosed that Newcastle forward Anthony Gordon is close to an England call-up in light of ongoing interest from Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/21\/77903763-0-image-a-20_1700171805848.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alexander-Arnold played as a conventional central midfielder in the first game against Malta<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/21\/77903801-0-image-a-23_1700171974512.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Southgate also disclosed Newcastle forward Anthony Gordon is close to an England call-up<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He\u2019s very close,\u2019 said Southgate. \u2018I like his attitude, the way he works so hard for the team.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The manager also revealed that he had shown his squad footage of England legend Sir Bobby Charlton, who died last month aged 86.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A big part of what we\u2019ve wanted to do with our players is to talk about our identity as a team,\u2019 said Southgate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Part of that is knowing the history of our team and having an understanding of how special some of the players that have been England internationals before are. We\u2019ve had the chance to do that this week.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12759591\/Trent-Alexander-Arnold-England-Gareth-Southgate-Malta.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold is relishing the opportunity to set the tempo in a midfield role for England &#8211; with Gareth Southgate ready to revive the experiment against Malta England take on Malta in a Euro 2024 qualifying clash at Wembley on Friday Trent Alexander-Arnold is hoping for another midfield outing for the Three Lions Southgate&#8217;s loyalty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alexander-Arnold relishing chance to set tempo in England&amp;apos;s midfield - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/alexander-arnold-relishing-chance-to-set-tempo-in-englands-midfield\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alexander-Arnold relishing chance to set tempo in England&amp;apos;s midfield - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Trent Alexander-Arnold is relishing the opportunity to set the tempo in a midfield role for England &#8211; 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