Alexis Mac Allister 2025-26

In the Lusail Stadium in December 2022, Alexis Mac Allister pulled on an Argentina shirt and helped his country win the World Cup for the first time in 36 years. He was brilliant throughout the tournament — composed on the ball, ferocious off it, and instrumental in the final against France. Six months later, Liverpool paid £35M to take him from Brighton and handed him the number 10 shirt. At Anfield, that number carries weight: Dalglish wore it, Fowler wore it, Torres wore it. Mac Allister has embraced the burden and made the shirt his own.

Argentine

Nationality

Central Midfielder

Position

Liverpool FC

Club

#10

Shirt Number

The Mac Allister Story

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From Argentinian Ranches to Liverpool’s Heartbeat

Santa Rosa, La Pampa — a city of 120,000 people in the centre of Argentina, surrounded by cattle ranches and wheat fields, far from Buenos Aires and the football academies that produce most of Argentina’s stars. The Mac Allister family produced three professional footballers: Carlos, Francisco, and Alexis. Their father played for Argentina in the 1990s. Football was not a choice in the Mac Allister household — it was a way of life. Alexis’ journey from the Pampas through Argentinos Juniors, Brighton, and finally Liverpool is a story of a family’s footballing DNA finding its finest expression.

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World Cup Winner: The Chip vs France (2022 Final)

Argentina’s 2022 World Cup final against France is already regarded as the greatest final in the tournament’s history — drama, comebacks, penalties, brilliance. Mac Allister was central to Argentina’s performance throughout, but his moment came in the first half: a penalty taken with the calm of a man playing a five-a-side game, chipped perfectly into the corner as the French goalkeeper dived the wrong way. The image of Mac Allister wheeling away in celebration, knowing what was at stake, captures the coolness that makes him exceptional under pressure.

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Why He Wears Liverpool’s #10

The number 10 at Liverpool is not assigned carelessly. It carries the weight of Dalglish, of Fowler, of Torres, of Coutinho — players who defined eras at Anfield. When the club offered Mac Allister the shirt, it was a statement of trust and expectation. Under Arne Slot’s high-pressing system, Mac Allister operates as the team’s press trigger and technical fulcrum simultaneously — first to close down, first to receive in tight spaces, last to panic. His combination of Argentine technical craft and Premier League work rate is the ideal midfield profile for the modern game.