"I said a lot of times, German and English people are really similar – we have a few differences but how you see the captaincy here in this country is completely different to Germany," Jurgen Klopp told reporters.
"But I try to understand it, even when I was most of the time in my life educated in a different way. So, being a captain, it’s not so important who wears the armband actually, it’s much more important how you behave all around and yes, Trent is somebody who will be in this kind of role in the future.
"The reason…I didn’t think he is the ‘best leader’ now in the line-up of the last game, he is the longest in the club. When the players’ committee, the four captains if you want, are not there then it was clear it’s not even a decision. It was clear it’s then Trent.
"I realized when I told him that it means a lot to him. That’s cool and it will be his role in the future when other people finish their careers and stuff like this. He prepares himself already for that. He will be in the future the face of this club with some others hopefully, or one of the faces of this club.
"And when I realized how much it meant to him, I was really happy that I made the decision. But the decision was a logical one because of the time he is in the club."
The 22-year-old captained Liverpool against FC Midtjylland on Wednesday evening, becoming the 3rd youngest at the club to ever do so.
Even at such a young age, the local lad has become the best right-back in the world, and
