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However, with his contract set to expire in the summer, he continues to be linked with a move to Real Madrid.

As reported by the ECHO last month, the 26-year-old is continuing to consider whether to accept an offer from Real.

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The La Liga giants also failed in a bid to sign the defender for a cut-price fee during the January transfer window.

Souness himself decided to leave Anfield to join Sampdoria after captaining the Reds to the European Cup in 1984, and speaking before Liverpool were crowned Premier League champions on Sunday, he admitted Alexander-Arnold would be richer for the experience of playing abroad.

“It was different for me.

I was 31 and was leaving Liverpool having won a lot of trophies,” he told the Mirror in an exclusive interview.

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“I got a chance to what was, back then, the most lucrative league in the world.

He’s 26 and he’s leaving his boyhood club.

But he will come back a better-educated, more-rounded human being than what he is now.

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“Going to another country, learning their culture, and seeing how they do things is good for you.

“Trent won’t agree with everything he sees.

He’s been at Liverpool since he was six, so he’s been a fabulous servant to the club he supports - and I think he’ll be a fantastic acquisition for Real Madrid.

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“In golf terms, he’s got every club in the bag.