Jordan Henderson reveals how Trent Alexander-Arnold was booked in to get a matching tattoo

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has revealed what Trent Alexander-Arnold’s idea was to get tattoos after their Champions League win over Tottenham in 2019.

Liverpool won the 2019 Champions League final 2-0, with a penalty scored after 106 seconds by Mohamed Salah and a goal from substitute Divock Origi in the 87th minute.

Henderson and Alexander-Arnold planned to mark the occasion by getting tattoos. However, the right-back pulled out at the last minute after his mother banned him from getting ink.

Henderson visited Tommy Montoya’s Klockwork Tattoo Club in Covina for the special appointment in 2019.

He chose to have the iconic Champions League trophy as the centerpiece of the tattoo with the date of the final underneath.

The England international then posed for a photo with artist Montoya when his work was completed.

However, Henderson revealed that he and Alexander-Arnold should have posed for the picture three years ago.

Henderson said, ‘I was going to get a tattoo on Trent Alexander-Arnold, but his mother forced him to pull out at the last minute!’

Henderson went on to explain the situation in more detail. He said: “The days after beating Tottenham in the Champions League final were a blur.

“We returned to Liverpool the next day for an open-top bus parade and the trophy. Within a week I was in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s room in Portugal.

“We were there for the Nations League final. We had just finished training with England but our heads were still at the Estadio Metropolitano and Trent had an idea.

“Let’s get tattoos!” he said. “We should have the Champions League trophy tattooed on our calves.”

“I don’t have many tattoos. Just one of my kids laying on my ribs. I immediately said I was ready.

“You’re going to do it too, aren’t you?” I said. After all, it was he who suggested it. “One hundred percent,” he said.

“We were both going to Los Angeles for our summer break so I thought I’d message Daniel Agger, the former Liverpool defender.

‘Dan knows all about tattoos; he is full of it and is a qualified tattoo artist. I was sure there would be someone he could fix us up with in LA.

“I told Trent we could just come and know they would do well. “Yes, yes, yes,” he said. “Brilliant. I love it.”

“I wanted to consult with him three times before organizing it. “You’re sure, aren’t you?” I asked again. “Are you absolutely sure?”

“He said, ‘Yes, yes, yes. Absolutely.’ So I texted Dan. He said he knew someone not far from LA and that he would take care of it.

“A week later, he gave us the date, time, location, who to see. Everything. Brilliant.

“It was a place called the Klockwork Tattoo Club in Covina, California, about 20 miles east of downtown LA. I had mapped out the route for us and all that.

“The night before, Trent and I had gone to get food. We both stayed in Beverly Hills. I was in a hotel; he was in a villa somewhere. At the end of the evening I agreed to pick him up the next morning and then we would go to Covina.

‘I stopped in front of his villa at 11 o’clock. I thought he might wait, but it was quiet. I waited a moment and then he came out. He looked a little sheepish.

“Come on,” I said. “Get in.”

“Um,” he said softly. “I can not come”.

“You what?” My face sank. “What do you mean you can’t come?”

“I can’t come because my mother says I can’t,” he said.

This is definitely a wind-up, I think to myself.

“You damn what?” I said. “Get in the car, man. We have to go. Are you serious? Your mother says you can’t get a tattoo?’

“It turns out that Trent mentioned the tattoo to his brother, Tyler, who told his mother, and she called Trent and basically said, ‘You’re not getting a tattoo. End.’

‘I hadn’t known about this when I stood there waiting like a lemon in front of his villa. I kept telling him we had to go, that everything was settled.

‘But he looked serious. He said his mother was not happy. It started to sink in that this wasn’t really a wind-up.

‘I shook my head. I thought about not going at all. But I thought about Dan and the effort he’d put in and I didn’t want to disappoint him.

“It was an hour from LA to get this tattoo on my quad. I waited a while when I got there but the guy was brilliant.

“He got the details of the trophy, put the date on it and everything. That night I agreed to have dinner with Trent.

‘Go on, may I see it?’ he asked when I got there. “I shouldn’t even be talking to you, am I?” I said. I’ve forgiven him, but I still haven’t forgotten. He still owes me a tattoo…

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