Alexis Mac Allister, a midfielder for Liverpool, revealed he contemplated leaving England during a challenging period at Brighton. In December 2020, he expressed his frustrations to his mother over FaceTime, feeling like a failure while wearing the prestigious No. 10 shirt of a Premier League club. After transferring from Boca Juniors in early 2020, his momentum was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to isolation and language barriers. Despite these obstacles, he contributed significantly to Liverpool's recent successes.
"In December 2020, I got on FaceTime with [my mum], and I was sobbing. I was at my flat in Brighton, and she was back home in Buenos Aires. I had lost my head."
"At the time, I was barely playing for Brighton. It was embarrassing, because I had the No. 10 shirt for a Premier League club, which is the dream of so many kids in Argentina, but I was a nobody."
"When I first moved over to England from Boca Juniors at the beginning of 2020, I came on as a sub for one match, and a few days later, the world came to a stop. COVID. Bang. Everything shut down."
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