The agent of Liverpool defender Alvaro Arbeloa has hinted that it may be time for his client to move on from Anfield and persue the future of his career somewhere else.

The Spanish international right-back has been linked with an £8million move to Real Madrid this summer, heightened by the signing of £17.5million England right-back Glen Johnson this week.

And Garcia Quilon says he believes Reds boss Rafa Benitez knows it’s time to let Arbeloa go.

“Alvaro has a year left on his current deal and Rafa Benitez knows that it’s best to let him go now,” he told the Sunday Mirror.

“The career of a football player has many stages and he is qualified to play anywhere.”