Trent Alexander-Arnold admits England’s gamers agreed with Gary Lineker’s controversial description of the Three Lions’ Euro 2024 performances as “s***”.
Lineker hit out at England’s show in a 1-1 group-stage draw with Denmark on his podcast, The Relaxation is Soccer, in feedback that attracted a fierce response from captain Harry Kane.
Kane responded by saying former England gamers within the media had a “duty” when it got here to discussing the nationwide group, calling on them to be extra supportive.
Alexander-Arnold, nonetheless, says many within the camp agreed with Lineker’s criticism and feels some used it as motivation because the Three Lions grew into the match, ending as runners-up to Spain.
“We had all seen it and heard it and felt it,” the Liverpool ace instructed The Each day Mirror. “All of us knew that we could possibly be taking part in and performing higher.
“It’s by no means good for somebody to level that out however everybody deep down knew it inside ourselves, too.
“It was one thing we had been already serious about, we knew we wanted to be higher. We had so as to add that to our performances, some gamers could have used that as motivation.”