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He actually took the "How may I assist you?" off the pitch.

Trents a mature young man beyond his age with humility and emphaty. A future Liverpool captain who will continue influencing young Scousers like his idol Stevie did.

Ever since I've known Trent and watched all his interviews talking about his early academy days, he has always been so vocal about this issue. I've never seen any another footballer highlighting this with so much passion as Trent. He is such an incredibly mature young man.

extremely proud of this man ! what a great initiative . shows what a genuine person he is ❤

17:56 Gotta love the way Stevie G can have a laugh at himself to make others there feel better about themselves. Absolute Class act 👍

Class on and off the pitch. Top work from you Trent 👏 👏

The undisputed king of English Rightbacks, pure class on and off the pitch.

Really generous of everyone involved to share so much, especially Liam and Tash, this will help so many people, well done everyone involved.

Its great to see young footballers players like trent and rashford caring about other people around them 😊

Trent bro as a man who’s trying to build his own mental health support organisation for men thank you for raising awareness of the topic. I’d love to work or get any advice off yourself or others. I’m taking the steps to ensure I do everything right to provide the support needed for men and lads fighting depression and low self worth. Keep the conversation going and again mate any advice you have will be massively appreciated

As a Liverpool fan in South Africa, who's completely obsessed with Trent, I've often looked at his childhood photos wearing a LFC jersey and thought to myself "this boy probably knows nothing else but LFC and football" (not in a negative way, but as my limited knowledge of his personal life).. I then compared him to Steven Gerrard and thought that he was identical in his development and exposure (again, with my limited knowledge of their personal lives).. The thought made me uncomfortable with where I imaged they'd end up as people, just because I've come to love them so much as a fan of theirs.. This video showed me that what i imaged was actually not only accurate, but worse in terms of the plight of players that don't make it.. However, it also shows me that the players, especially Trent for me, is keenly aware of what he doesn't know and is ready to change that, not only for himself, but for others.. That makes me so relieved and happy to see.. If it does that for me, 20,000km away as just a fan, i can only image what those affected may be feeling about it.. Good on you Trent.. You're a man of extremely high quality.. Much younger than me, but I'm inspired everyday by you from half way across the globe.. #YNWA

I’m super impressed that Trent didn’t just talk about this but has made the initiative to solve this problem. Leader ❤ love him more now.

Smart! TAA - The After Academy ( also stands for Trent Alexander-Arnold ). Brilliant 🔥

Incredibly proud of you Trent. Love you to bits.

This is future captain stuff. Trent is a gem. To be this aware of how lucky he is, and not to forget about those who didn't quite make it is a credit to his upbringing. As a lifelong Liverpool supporter, he embodies everything I want to see in my club. These conversations are so important. Every player who has made it owes something to those who didn't. There's no youth systems without players who don't make it in the professional game, these kids need to be looked after. To have that much pressure on you at a young age, sometimes at the cost of your education outside of football, and then to have that suddenly pulled away is devestating. Chances are that nothing that big will have happened to these lads at the age they were dropped, and they won't have had the emotional framework to deal with it properly. Hopefully conversations like this and Trent's foundation will bring about a massive change in how the youth system deals with kids who don't make it. YNWA.

im not a liverpool fan but ive gotta respect it, good idea to help those released by the academy system.

Absolutely great to see what Trents doing. So many people look up to trent, and he sets an amazing example to younger people! Great work, lad.

Outstanding vision young man . As a Liverpool fan , I’m absolutely blown away by your standards 🇮🇪👌

Using his platform to speak about this is magnificent. So thoughtful. May this movement thrive 🎉🎉🎉

The greatest full back the game has ever seen ❤️

Great idea to show the other side of football and academies in this case, not only a great footballer but also a great person, not many would do this type of content

An inspiration on and off the pitch. Proud of you Trent.❤

Really important conversation. I see a lot of similarities here between people leaving high level sports and people leaving the military. I think in both situations people are almost institutionalised and their vocation becomes their identity. I hope we can support these young people into becoming valuable assets to society even outside of their first choice careers. Thanks all for having and sharing this conversation 👏

Makes me even happier to be a Liverpool fan this will help a lot of lads being released cope and help get back on their feet world class from TAA and all involved!!! Having the legend Stevie G a guest sharing his experience from academy to player to coach brilliant that!!!

Fair play from a United fan, this has definitely made me see Trent in a different way, you can see the empathy in Trent's eyes.

Fair play I respect Trent after this. A lad with a good heart

This video has really resonated with me. It felt like they was talking about some points of my life as a kid

My mom always tells me "The best time to look for a new job is when you have one." The dude is on the right path.

Massive respect to Trent and the guys. Hopefully clubs, leagues, FA etc will step up and help these players for the future.

great job TAA can’t wait to see you achieve more in the future ❤

when the academy first started and got announced i thought it was a PR stunt. but after this video and seeing some other videos and research he actually fully cares about this and wants to help and i think that’s great because people need help more than we think

I respect this round table so much! I'm only 24 and the thoughts of personal/mental growth wasn't a tough to talk up, the best thing I have done is talk about how I'm feeling. No matter what you do in life please talk about how you're feeling is always the best way of getting over that feeling and, everyone that struggles with day to day life You'll Never Walk Alone

Been needed for a long time. Too many young players with young minds, end up exiting elite sport without the life skills they need to build a new life possibly away from football. Congrats and very best wishes, TAA.

Massive well done Trent for the initiative ❤

That's more important than the top 4 or the assists. You're excellent on and off the pitch🙏 love you so much🫀♥️

Ahead of his time. I def believe his passion for this area of football and the approach he is taking will effect some positive changes. Looking forward to what’s coming down the pipeline. We have to take care of players and it starts at the youth level - boys and girls. I’d love to be a part of his initiative.

Trent will probably be the best English player of all time by 30....we don't yet get how good he is

I wish the English league allowed a second team that compete in the league like Spain would give more chance to players. And it’s great to see Trent shining a light on things that are swept under the carpet. Keep up the good work. And god bless you

عظيم ما فعلته، نتمنى أن تزيد هذه المبادرات بين المؤثرين في المجتمع ليستفيد من لم يحالفه الحظ في هذه الحياة❤️

i knew i made the right choice when i decided trent was my favourite footballer on and off the pitch YNWA❤

So proud of you You are my favourite football players You so warm heart and nice person 🤍❤️ I always support you Trent ❤️🦁💪🏽

Well done Trent for shining the light on a problem that needs addressing within the Academy system. Best of luck with your new initiative I hope it supports the changes needed to improve.

This is fantastic and I hope all clubs listen to things like this and get on the support structures to help with aftercare, well done Trent and for such a young man it shows your character as a man who does really care , this should of been up and running for years by the FA and clubs should of been handing over the boys to the FA for evaluation and get them the help they deserved as I'm sure clubs wouldn't mind paying money towards it along with the FA .. YNWA Trent

No Hunger in Paradise. A BT Sports documentary, following the story of a professional footballer’s journey. Great watch 🇮🇪👌

Just stumbled on this gem of a conversation. Huge congrats to Trent and the team for putting this together. A lot of young boys/girls going into football or already in academies need to hear this. It would also be good to hear from the clubs perspective. Why don't they do these things? Is it financial? Is it staffing? Is it logistics? It seems only right that young folks that give a good portion of their young years are looked after in the event it doesn't pan out.

Shows even with his talent fame money Trent still has compassion & empathy…. A fabulous human being.I’m proud that you represent the club we love.YNWA

It's honorable that you are using your position to discuss these topics, Trent. You're establishing yourself as a leader amongst this generation of footballers. Thank you for putting this together, and best of luck with your career on and off the pitch!

This is so great, I can't explain how incredible what you're trying to do. Giving them hope, assurance, guidance, and what you call safety net, especially in their low times,, they're lucky. I hope this will help a lot. Keep us updated!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I'm so proud of you Trent for allowing others to tell their stories whether through football or otherwise. Beautiful initiative. Y.N.W.A.

Trent mate this is incredible work, football's been calling out for this for decades.

Love this initiative Trent 👏 Would love to explore a potential collab! 🚀

So impressive this depth and openness from those different generation of players with so varying degrees of success but common struggles though. Much respect. And much love too.

Trent im incredibly proud of you, not just for what you do on the pitch but what you do to inspire all of us, and now you are doing off the pitch, genuinely proud of you la

This needs to be widely shared. Trent you’re a role model on and off the pitch.

Nice initiative Trent, this roundtable shows certain facets of football that people don't know. And I think that this initiative on your part will help more than one.

I have been supporting Liverpool since the early 70's and have vague recollections watching Liverpool win first UEFA cup in 1973 against Monchengladbach on an old black and white transistor television. We all had our players we admired over the years but even though they're footballers they're still human. There should be more of this content shown on social media platforms.

Great video from production, people, the problems and the mission!

What an enlightening watch. Great insight. Sometimes we forget the journey these young lads go on and how not all of them are going to get there. It is so important to have the necessary processes in place to help the ones that are going to need it.

Eye opening panel. Great job.

Class this is as it’s a huge problem with a lot of teens and kids that fail on their dreams and become depressed and mentally down and go down the wrong paths ❤

So much respect to all for sharing your stories and allowing yourselves to be vulnerable. The impact this will have on the younger generation who can relate to your experience is so important, great work 👏👏

Really impressed seeing this from an active footballer. Well done bro

What a fantastic convo fellas thanks ! I hope some of the young ones listen and learn from this👏👏👏❤️👊🙏

A humble young man. An inspiration to the young generation and using his platform to help others

Fascinating and novel video. More of these please, Trent.

Well done Trent, about time that someone highlighted this. Giving support to those young people who don’t make it is crucial for those who don’t make to adjust into a more normal life. That’s going to be very difficult for some as their dreams have just been shattered and they don’t know where to go or who to turn to. Well done again and I truly hope that by doing this these youngsters don’t ever feel like a failure in such a competitive environment where only such a small percentage mage the grade. Best of luck with everything you do 👍

What a great discussion and an incredible initiative. Proud is an understatement. ❤️

I've played with various "American" academies throughout my career and from personal experience, Tash's story is most relatable. I can only blame myself for not pushing myself to achieve what I was destined to be, however, I wish there was a better "academy" system in the states rather than it having the perception of being a "money scheme." I really enjoyed this video! Cheers!

Amazing. Keep doing what you are doing. You're helping so many people! 👊

This was beautiful, very emotional. Much love from South Africa!

This is such an great idea Trent. So many people will benefit from this, both in and out of footy. Awesome conversation. Looking forward to more!

This was epic and is so overdue and needed in and out of the game. Excellent and sad at the same time. Well done Trent.

This is brilliant, simply brilliant. All of you young hopefuls should watch and listen and hopefully benefit from this. I never achieved any heights as a footballer but playing it as a sport has still helped me to connect with hundreds of people over the years whilst I live my life and enjoy other careers. I hope TAA gains reaction and support in all the ways that it needs it. Well done, Mr Alexander-Arnold.

Top class on and off the pitch, love this Trent lad👏

Trents very humble . Super happy he’s a Liverpool player 💯

Great stuff well done Trent

Wise beyond his years is Trent, an exceptional footballing talent and an even better person. Fair play to you young man 👏

Such a good initiative taken. Pure class from this man.

I have admired you as a player for a long time, but I am even more proud of you as a man. I think this is a great initiative that you are starting Trent. I can't wait to see where it goes from here. #YNWA

Amazing watch and a great topic to discuss!! Up most respect to Trent for starting this conversation and getting people thinking. Change doesn’t come over night, but it has to start somewhere.

Great video lad keep up the form in the new role and good luck sunday 🔴YNWA

Well done Trent, a great initiative,

Absolutely class from you trent lad!

Nice to see the greatest CM in history chopping it up with Stevie G and Sidwell 👏

Good luck with the channel! Enjoying your game since your debut season and that skinny,talented, inspiring,focused young kid. Always a breath of fresh air. Keep it up Trent! Looking forward like mad for the new season... Irrelevant P.S.: You guys,try convincing Klopp for a longer stay...

what a genuine and thoughtful player🫶🫶🫶 great off and on the pitch

Great content love the real talk insight to pro academy … I can relate being told I’m to small on Leyton orient trials (footage seemed dark)

Great watch. This is applicable to all sports. Well done, looking forward to the following up.

Brilliant work, Trent. And well done to everyone else as well. Absolutely crucial that this spotlight is shone. All the best, pal.

Good to hear people like this discussing problems at the academy there does need to be more help and more can be done even at teams like your Yeovil towns and Boltons it can be done 👌 brilliant 👏👏

so glad ure doing this, such an important thing to talk about

That was a great vid to watch. I’ve learned a lot that I can use to help my Sons. Also their teammates. It’s grassroots football they play. Hopefully I can help them reach for their dreams and manage their expectations with plan B/C etc. Thank you again for this vid today!

Thank you so much for doing this, much appreciated 👋🏾

I emailed Ben Thornely (ex MUFC and MUTV pundit) about this subject a few months ago, how acadameys treat their talent and whether its bad. He was very keen to talk but didn't. Glad to see this coming out. I know loads of Irish lads who were broken by the experience.

Well done Trent! What an inspiration ❤ More should be done for the children/young men who don't make it! YNWA

You’re one of my favorite Liverpool players, and I hope you the best for the 23/24 season

I work in youth sports. And that’s one of the best things that you could think up with, Trent! Cheers, hope to work with you one day🤞🏽

What legend on and off the pitch 👑❤️‍🔥

I love Trent ❤. He keeps growing on me💯 Thank you for this Trent