THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MAC

THEY may not be the most natural of fits, but Alexis Mac Allister dreams of placing a Carabao Cup winners’ medal beside his World Cup gong.

Mac Allister has his World Cup winners’ medal at home and looks at it every day to remind him of how he climbed football’s Mount Everest with Argentina last summer.

He wants to put the Carabao Cup winners’ medal beside it in what, he hopes, will be the first of many triumphs with Liverpool.

“I look at my World Cup medal every single day,” said the Reds midfielder.

“That is what it means to me and to the country as well. We spoke before, it’s the biggest game ever for a football player so it’s something that I’m really proud of and hopefully the Carabao Cup medal can be something I will look at as well.

“My plan is to one day create a little museum at home – a room where everything is there.

“I have a replica of the World Cup, the medal and some more trophies.

“They’re all in a safe place for now and my plan is to be able to have a place for them where I can always see them.”

Mac Allister’s only other major medal is from winning the Primera Division in 20192020 while on loan at Boca Juniors from Brighton.

Boca are special in the Mac Allister family and his dad Carlos, who won three caps for Argentina in 1993, played for them alongside Diego Maradona in the early 90s.

Mac Allister was only 23 when he lifted the World Cup and says it has only whetted his appetite for more silverware.

“The World Cup helped me to realise that I really want to win more trophies, so this is a big opportunity,” said the fiercely ambitious star.

“It’ll be my first final with Liverpool and first opportunity to win something, so it’s going to be something very special for me and the team.

“We need to go out there, do our best, play the game we want to play and try to win.”

Mac Allister, 25, will be up against his former Brighton team-mate Moises Caicedo, who turned down a £110million move to Anfield in the summer, to join Chelsea.

“It’s a personal decision, that’s what he chose and that’s completely fine,” he said. “He’s an amazing player, a really good guy so I wish him all the best – but not on Sunday.”

Mac Allister (right), who cost Liverpool £35million rising to £55m, will be one of the most experienced heads in the Reds’ patched-up side and he is bang in form, having scored a great goal and contributed two assists in the last two matches.

He has two goals and fours assists for Liverpool and is equally at home in the No.6 and No.8 roles.

Mac Allister has even earned praise for his excellent performances from his harshest critic his dad.

“He always watches my games and he always says something,” smiled

Mac Allister. “It’s not always positive, but that helps me a lot because I like it when a person is as honest as he is. That definitely helps me.

“He won’t be there on Sunday and instead my mum, Silvina, will be at the game and hopefully it will be a special day for her.

“I spoke to my dad this week. His advice was to give 100 per cent and go for everything.”