![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/trent-alexander-arnolds-best-mate-struggling-after-emotional-liverpool-exit/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_GettyImages-1128360844.jpg&description=Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold came through the Reds' youth system alongside the youngster but the pair have gone on to have differing fortunes since a summer transfer away from AnfieldAjax v Liverpool: Match in pictures Former Liverpool starlet Ben Woodburn is enduring a tricky time of things since leaving Anfield in the summer. The 23-year-old still has his name written in Merseyside folklore having become the youngest goalscorer in Kop history with his strike against Leeds United in the League Cup in November 2016. That period of his career was certainly a dream having progressed from the Reds' academy alongside close friend Trent Alexander-Arnold to make 11 outings for the side. Speaking at the time, he said: "It makes it easier when one of your mates is with you in the squad. I can chill with him all the time. It's not like going into the squad and not knowing anyone… if you're with your mate, it's a lot easier. 'It is great to see when someone who you know and who you've basically grown up with is doing well as well. It's so nice to see." Meanwhile, Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders noted the close relationship between the pair. He said: "I use Ben and Trent as an example often because they really are one. They help prove a lot of modern misconceptions in football wrong: that you have to be a certain age, a certain size, that you first have to go on loan and so on before you can get into the first team. "If you see them after each session and how long they stay on the pitch - not just shooting on goal, crossing and heading and doing the nice things - they always challenge each other to become technically and tactically better." Ben Woodburn penned a contract with Ben Woodburn in the summer ( Getty Images) Who do you think is the most promising young player at Liverpool? Share your thoughts in the comments below Alexander-Arnold has of course gone on to become a key player under Jurgen Klopp but the same cannot quite be said of friend Woodburn){kind=link}
Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold came through the Reds’ youth system alongside the youngster but the pair have gone on to have differing fortunes since a summer transfer away from Anfield
Former Liverpool starlet Ben Woodburn is enduring a tricky time of things since leaving Anfield in the summer.
The 23-year-old still has his name written in Merseyside folklore having become the youngest goalscorer in Kop history with his strike against Leeds United in the League Cup in November 2016. That period of his career was certainly a dream having progressed from the Reds’ academy alongside close friend Trent Alexander-Arnold to make 11 outings for the side.
Speaking at the time, he said: “It makes it easier when one of your mates is with you in the squad. I can chill with him all the time. It’s not like going into the squad and not knowing anyone⦠if you’re with your mate, it’s a lot easier.
“It is great to see when someone who you know and who you’ve basically grown up with is doing well as well. It’s so nice to see.”