00:00How do you set the start to the season and for you, what's it been like with the World Cup,
00:04short break, into pre-season, little pre-season and then straight into competitive games?
00:09Yeah, I think it's the same for almost every player right now.
00:14But it's good, it's good.
00:16I love playing football and love being here.
00:19So in terms of that, it's good.
00:23It's a good start of the season, maybe.
00:25Maybe, if we look at the result, not the best because at Liverpool you have to win every game.
00:31But still I see a lot of improvement, a lot of good things and positive things that we have to
00:37keep doing.
00:39And of course tomorrow is going to be an important game for us.
00:42You're facing Atletico again.
00:44How do you feel about that?
00:45Because you had Diego supporting you through the summer at the World Cup, playing alongside Giuliano as well.
00:50And now you're having to go up against them again.
00:53Yeah, I mean, I see some similarities in their family and mine because, of course, we are all related to
01:00football.
01:03I think they are doing an amazing job there.
01:05It's going to be a really difficult game, like it was last season.
01:10So it's not only Giuliano, Diego, it's Julián, it's Guti.
01:14There is a lot of Argentinian players and I'm happy that we can face each other.
01:19But we've seen you linked with Atletico in the past.
01:23Have you ever had that conversation with Diego, but also given the speculation over the summer?
01:28How much of a chance was there that you may have left Liverpool Football Club in the summer?
01:32Well, I mean, there was a chance, of course.
01:35I think, as everyone knows, I received the news that the club was not in a position to offer me
01:44a new contract,
01:45which, of course, makes me very, very sad because I think everyone can see that I give my 100%
01:55for this football club
01:56every single day in training, games, of course.
02:00I can have very good games, bad games, like everyone, but I always give my best.
02:05And, of course, for example, I see Dominic and Ryan renewing his all-day contracts
02:13and that makes me very happy because they deserve it.
02:16But at the same time, it makes me a little bit sad that I didn't get mine.
02:21And, of course, there is still time.
02:25I think the fans don't need to worry because I will give my 100% until the last day I'm
02:33here.
02:33So we will see.
02:35We will see what happens.
02:36But there was options to leave this summer.
02:41And I think right now I'm in the right club.
02:45And I have the right mindset to give my 100% for this club.
02:52And you're contracted until 2028, is that right?
02:54Yeah, it's two more years, yeah.
02:55So is there still a chance that the situation could change?
02:59Is there talks going on with the aim of that maybe changing in the future?
03:04Or is it all quiet?
03:05Maybe.
03:06I don't know.
03:07I don't know.
03:07I think it's going to depend on how I perform during these years.
03:13Because, like every football player, they are right to make the decision as well.
03:18But as I said, the fans don't need to worry because I'm going to give my 100% and hopefully,
03:24or maybe, they change their minds.
03:30Richard.
03:34Yeah.
03:34Hi, Alexis.
03:35I mean, you say the club wasn't in a position to sort of renew your contract.
03:39Did they give you a reason for that at all?
03:43Not really.
03:44I mean, there wasn't any direct conversation with me.
03:50It was with my agent.
03:52And I don't want to say things that they never said.
03:56But what I got from my agent, it was that they were not in the position to renew me.
04:03So, as I said before, it's really sad because we won the Premier League together.
04:13We went through difficult times as well together.
04:17And I always give my best.
04:19So, we will see.
04:22We will see what happens.
04:25But, of course, it makes me a little bit sad.
04:29Just at the front there, please.
04:36Alexis, you've obviously had experience of coming up against the likes of Paris Saint-Germain
04:40in the Champions League, and we know how strong they've been.
04:44But how much belief is there that, even though this is the very start of this season's campaign,
04:49that Liverpool can do something special in the Champions League this season?
04:53Well, I think it's, of course, now we are talking our Champions League, no.
04:57But I'm very confident about this season.
05:01Of course, we have a lot of quality.
05:04We have a very good coach that brought his ideas, and we are trying to get there.
05:13I think we improved a lot since the beginning of the season.
05:18And, as I said, we have quality.
05:20We have a very good coach.
05:21We have the desire of winning trophies.
05:26So, hopefully, this is a year.
05:30Many of these players won the Premier League as well.
05:33So, we have experience.
05:35We have trophies.
05:35We have everything to be successful.
05:38But we need to be all together, because you can have the best player.
05:43You can have the best plan.
05:44But if we are not on the same page, then it's impossible.
05:49And how special are these Champions League nights at Anfield, under the lights?
05:54How different is it to any other game?
05:57Yeah, it's so special for me.
06:00I really enjoy them.
06:03When I arrived to the club, we were not in the Champions League.
06:06We were in the Europa League.
06:09And you can see the difference.
06:11When it's a Champions League game, under the lights, at Anfield.
06:14So, hopefully, we can bring that with us.
06:19And we can play good football, so the fans can get behind us.
06:25Adam.
06:32Just going back on your contract, do you feel like you've got a bit more to prove than this season?
06:37If they've decided they're not going to offer you something yet?
06:40No, not really.
06:41Not really, because I'm always the same guy.
06:43I'm always the same player.
06:45And I'm not going to change.
06:47This is who I am.
06:49I think in these three years at the club, I've done very good things.
06:57As I said, we went through difficult times.
06:59We went through a lot of things.
07:02We won a Premier League.
07:03We won a Carabao Cup.
07:04So, for me, it's a very successful period of my life.
07:12I don't think I have to prove something.
07:15But, of course, I have to show the level that I can perform.
07:18And hopefully that's the case.
07:21And you'd be very open to stay in past 2028 if an offer did come in over the next few
07:25months of the year?
07:26Sorry?
07:26You'd be very open to stay in past 2028 if an offer came in?
07:30I love this club.
07:31I love being here.
07:32I love the fans.
07:35And as a player, it sometimes happens that you're in a club for a long, long time
07:41and you don't really realise where you are.
07:44That doesn't happen to me.
07:45I know very well that this is an amazing club.
07:47that this city has something very, very special.
07:51And, of course, I love being here.
07:55Yeah, Mel, Andy.
07:57Hi, Alexis.
07:57You said, obviously, you had options to move.
08:00But you decided here it's supposed to be for now.
08:02I wonder how big a part of that decision was the new manager, Andani, and Raiola,
08:07and his new ideas for this team?
08:10Yeah, definitely, since I came to pre-season and I worked under Andoni, I could see something special.
08:21As I said before, he's a really good coach.
08:24He knows very well what he wants to do, and we are trying to get there.
08:31I haven't had any conversations with him about it, but, of course, when I see the way he wants us
08:39to play,
08:39the way we train, as I said before, I think this can be a successful year.
08:44So, that's why I think this is the right club and the right moment to be here.
08:50Alexis, you mentioned that there was a chance you could have left this summer.
08:54How close did it get to that, and ultimately, why did you not leave?
08:58Was the offer there for you to go?
09:01Because this is the right club.
09:02That's why.
09:05As I said before, I love being here, and this is something special.
09:12And if I feel that we can be successful at the end, what I want is to win trophies.
09:17I think we have the right players and the right mentality to go and do great things.
09:22But we have to be everyone on the same page and do what we have to do.
09:28The one at the front first, and then we'll finish the poll.
09:33Hola.
09:35Hi, Alexis. How are you?
09:36Alexis, hablamos de partido, por favor.
09:40Let's talk about the game, please.
09:41What's the most difficult thing about playing against Atletico Madrid?
09:45I think over the last few years, I think you always talk about that they are a defensive side.
09:54I don't believe too much in that.
09:56Obviously, when they defend, they play with a pretty low block, which is hard to break down.
10:04But then they have some great players who have great freedom, and that makes them very dangerous.
10:11So I think the most difficult, when you play against them, is to defend well.
10:17So we have to be clear on what we need to do, and also to be aggressive.
10:23Atletico is a little bit like the Argentinian national team.
10:26They have quite a few Argentinian players, so it could be that that helps them a little bit.
10:31But they have that passion, those guts, that desire to win that we as Argentinians have within us.
10:39But on my side, as I say, I think it's great that Cholo's been there for such a long time,
10:47and he's been able to get his ideas across.
10:51So it'll be a lovely game, and hopefully we'll win it.
10:55Do you enjoy playing against them?
10:58Yeah, I love it.
11:00I think they have great players, they have great ideas.
11:03I think it will be, there will be lots of duels, there will be lots of tackles, and I like
11:09those types of games.
11:11Paul, last question, please.
11:16Alexis, I think you started the season, last season, with an injury, in pre-season.
11:23Did that affect your performances last term?
11:29Not really, no, because that injury, it wasn't really an injury, but it was something that, yeah, I was playing
11:37with pain, basically.
11:38But that started in the middle of the season, that we won the Premier League, so it was not something
11:45that I couldn't play with.
11:47Of course, it was painful and uncomfortable to play with, but that's what every player at this level goes through,
11:57because there are so many games, and you always want to be involved, and always want to be there.
12:04But no, no, no, I don't think that was part of the why.
12:11At the same time, of course, I take responsibility, because it wasn't a good season for me, individually, and for
12:18us as a team.
12:19So, it's not that, I don't want to take that responsibility, but no, I don't think that was the case.
12:29Thank you, guys.
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