
Trent Alexander-Arnold would benefit from a move to Real Madrid, according to Liverpool legend Rafael Benitez.
Right back Alexander-Arnold is no longer a contract with Anfield at the end of the season, where Madrid is encouraged his likely destination when he leaves Boyhood Club Liverpool.
Madrid is said to have made an offer in January for the international of England, rejected.
Now Benitez, who coached both clubs and won the Champions League with Liverpool, suggested that it is a movement that Alexander-Arnold should make.
With Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah from the contract, Liverpool may be confronted with a rebuilding, while Benitez expects that a talented, young Madrid team will continue to bloom.
“[Alexander-Arnold] Is an attacking defender and he sometimes plays as a midfielder, “Benitez told Sky Sports.” Real Madrid is an attacking team, the best team in Spain, and they will be the best team because they have the potential.
“For an attacking defender in an offensive team you have more chances to make assists and set situations in attack – they will be good for him as a player.
“He does that in Liverpool, but with Real Madrid you can guarantee that he will do that for years.
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“As a Liverpool fan you would say he's staying much better because he gives us something special. But if he goes, and as a real Madrid -child my entire life, it will also be good for Real Madrid and for him. “
Benitez does not expect Liverpool to keep the entire Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk and Salah, but he expects the Premier League leaders to be equipped to respond to departure.
“It will not be easy to keep the three players, that is very clear,” said the Spaniard. “The three are very important players, but if the club works on replacements, if the club makes them the right approach to them, they will solve it.
'I don't know if they are three [will stay]I don't think so.
“If they can't do that, I am sure she has a new option and the new player will come and be a different kind of player with energy and giving something else.”
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