Trent Alexander-Arnold hopes to help former academy prospects with new platform

Alexander-Arnold set up The After Academy platform to provide youngsters who miss out with the tools to succeed in a variety of careers.

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is helping create more opportunities for academy players who do not earn professional contracts (Peter Byrne/PA)

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold hopes his initiative to find jobs for academy prospects who fail to become professional footballers is “the beginning of a wider conversation”.

The 25-year-old, one of the rare few to make the grade, set up The After Academy platform to provide those youngsters who miss out with the tools to succeed in a variety of careers.