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The Premier League champions beat Madrid as recently as November, but the lure of Europe’s most successful club is about more than results on the pitch.

The cachet of wearing the Real Madrid shirt is a curious thing because the power and prestige of playing for the Spanish club appears to have been enhanced as much by the Galactico era as the run of Champions League wins in the generation that followed it.

They are the 15-time champions of Europe, of course.



Graeme Souness on Trent Alexander-Arnold and why Real Madrid tempts him.

Trent Alexander-Arnold has announced that he will be leaving Liverpool.

Some interpreted this as evidence of a club that had lost all perspective, still believing the Ballon d'Or to be a mere trinket.

But for its biggest signings, the connection with the award is almost as strong as the famous old Champions League trophy itself.

You can't!"

The Liverpool legend added: "Were Liverpool really going to sell Trent Alexander-Arnold last summer

Real Madrid might not have even wanted him if it were going to cost them £60m or £70m." Instead, they simply made it clear they would be waiting.

"In my experience," says Calderon, "the really top players, they go where they want to go." This move is a reminder that while Liverpool are champions of England, and another club will become champions of Europe, where they often want to go remains Real Madrid.