Liverpool No2 Pep Lijnders is convinced Trent Alexander-Arnold will captain the club.

Lijnders makes the assertion in his new book, 'Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC - Our Identity'.

Serialised in the Liverpool Echo, Lijnders writes about choosing the leadership group for last season:

"That night Jürgen forwarded me a text with the result of the votes for the players' committee. There were three spots left behind our captain Hendo, vice-captain Milner and leader Virgil.

"I was delighted to discover that Trent was in! Our future captain was a step closer – he should now stay close to Milner to learn as much as possible during this year because it's the next step in his development. Robbo and Ali were the other two to make the players' committee.

"Trent had asked to meet me in pre-season for a chat and we sat together for an hour discussing his game.

"One of the main things he wanted to discuss as well was making sure me and Jürgen knew he wanted to be in now, and not be missed out because he was young or maybe a bit less vocal before games than others. I replied to the boss, 'Trent is in, TOP, he represents so much of our club'."