Liverpool legend Graeme Souness says Trent Alexander-Arnold should go to the World Cup.

Alexander-Arnold's chances of featuring at the Qatar showpiece later this year look increasingly slim after the Liverpool right-back failed to make it into coach Gareth Southgate's matchday squad for their Nations League fixture against Germany on Monday night.

"With Trent, he's got so much quality when he gets in the last third," Souness said on talkSPORT. "He's the most wonderful kicker of a ball, he pings those crosses in flat, pacey, arriving at the sweet spot in the centre of goal exactly where he wants it.

"He typifies that saying of "he could land the ball on a six pence". He's a wonderful kicker of a ball.

"Yeah he has got deficiencies when it comes to defending, but what he gives going forward far outweighs that.

"In saying that, I think for tournament football you have to start a game believing you're gonna play the very best of what team you're playing against, so in that sense you may start with someone who's a better defender - but you've got to include Trent in your World Cup squad. You've got include him."