The Liverpool midfielder shared on The Players' Tribunes about his thorny career journey, a period of heavy crisis in Brighton. At that time, Alexis Mac Allister gave up, returning to Argentina. He cried when talking to his mother through Facetime and begged his mother to let him go home.
But Mac Allister's mother encouraged her son not to give up. From small to large, she always followed and supported Mac Allister's career. “Without a mother, there would be no me of today and all of this could not happen,” the Argentine midfielder shared.
With Mac Allister, without a mother, he will not be able to become the Premier League champion, will certainly not be able to become the World Cup champion, perhaps the grave world does not even know the name of the Argentine midfielder.
“In December 2020, I called Facetime for my mother and sobbed. I was in my apartment in Brighton, and my mother returned home in Buenos Aires. I lost all my mind. I insisted on going home because I could not stand it. I wanted to leave Brighton. At that time, I hardly play for Brighton. Argentina, but I am no one.
As a football player, we always say that you must grow up very early. But in other ways, you are still a boy. I called my mother via Facetime every day, asking how to turn on the oven and leave soap and dishwashing liquid. And when alone, not playing, you will be depressed. Many people
