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The sheer amount of outlets reporting during the week that terms had been agreed with Real Madrid, or that the Spanish giant was looking to finalize a deal, simply couldn’t be ignored, even if the man himself isn’t ready to go public with the decision.

Alexander-Arnold though is surely heading to the Bernabeu now, and sadly it won’t come as a surprise to any Liverpool fans.

Eventually, he caught Ryan Gravenberch’s attention, with the Liverpool midfielder making his way in after a short chat.

Moments later, out came Gravenberch again, holding a shirt with the unmistakable number 66 on the back.

The way in which it was conducted though felt a whole lot more symbolic than that.

Bellingham could have picked anyone to swap shirts with that night.

Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah both played of course, and the chance to grab one of their shirts in what could be their final season at Liverpool would surely have been tempting.

But instead, he went for a player whose shirt hadn’t even been touched with a bead of sweat during the game.

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