Jude - here's what you can learn from Lamine Yamal, writes GRAEME SOUNESS

Watching Lamine Yamal against Inter Milan this week, no one at 17 should be that good. It's just wrong!

My tongue is placed firmly in cheek by the way but there's no denying we are watching the emergence of a very special talent. He's already played 100 first-team games and he's not 18 until July.

I said similar things last summer when I first watched him for Spain at the European Championship and what is encouraging is that he has continued to improve. He has the potential, and I say that in bold and capital letters, POTENTIAL, to be one of the greatest ever.

What's difficult to comprehend for someone his age is not just his talent or athleticism, it's his decision-making on the football pitch. He makes decisions you'd expect from a player much beyond his years.

Trevor Francis was one of the best young players I ever saw. He was tearing up in Birmingham City's first team at 16. This kid made his debut for Barcelona at 15. He is already outstripping Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi at the same age. Add the fact that he enjoys the discipline of doing the hard yards too and he looks, from afar, to be a thoroughly good sort.

He will be rewarded well of course but going forward he will receive an awful lot of attention. The difficulty is maintaining that level-headedness. Making sure every day remains a school day and that you always come into work wanting to learn.

He is fortunate that he's at a club like Barcelona where it's not their first rodeo at producing young stars, then managing them. They have a tendency to keep them grounded unlike Manchester United post-Sir Alex Ferguson, for example, where young players' heads are blowing off with the adulation and pressure.

Yamal doesn't even have to look too far to see an example of how things can start to unravel. Watching Jude Bellingham at Real Madrid of late has been concerning. He had an incredible first season in Spain, looked a world-beater but now I'm afraid it looks like he's not listening anymore.

I hope I'm wrong. But this year has been a disappointment, and you have to question some of Bellingham's behaviour, showing dissent, needlessly getting into trouble with referees.

If he is listening to anyone then their advice looks misguided. And, if he is putting this attitude down to what he thinks is overexuberant shows of passion, then he is also mistaken. It's a perfect example of what Yamal needs to avoid.

Earning too much money so you become immune to the right people and attract all the wrong sorts. There's a litany of others in similar circumstances who have gone before them.

What could be worse than having all that talent then waking up at 30 years old and thinking to yourself: 'How did I waste all that? What if I'd listened properly and applied myself better?'

It's not just Bellingham of course, but I'd hate to see him continue going that way. He needs to look at videos of what he hasn't been doing right. I hate to harp on about it but that's the value of having good senior professionals around. Those who have seen the signs before and who will put you straight.

I'm sure at clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona there are many of those worth listening to. The message will always be never believe you are too wise to stop learning and listening.

Money talked in Europe this week

Results in the Europa League on Thursday mean it is a very real prospect that six English teams will be competing in the Champions League next season.

But that shouldn't come as a surprise for the richest league in the world. The greatest indicator is what we spend on transfer fees.

We are lucky here, with the product we have, and the TV money involved that we can buy the best players.

Generally, if you look down the league table, the team that spends the most on wages is usually at the top. It hasn't happened all of a sudden. We don't produce the greatest coaches or the best players, we are top of the tree because the most money is spent here.

The Premier League spent £2.19billion last summer. To put that into context, Serie A was the next closest biggest spender on £990million while La Liga spent £506m.

In my playing days, clubs like Liverpool couldn't compete financially with the Germans or Italians. That's why Real Madrid and Javier Tebas, LaLiga's president, are not so happy now.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe said Champions League football will be worth £100m to Manchester United. Their result on Thursday was the outstanding one on the night. Few expected that 3-0 scoreline but United must approach the return game believing they saw the worst version of Athletic Bilbao at the San Mames.

The Spanish will be bristling to make amends at Old Trafford and United will have to be focused to earn a place in the final, you'd expect, against Tottenham.

How Arsenal can be masters of Paris

Beating Paris Saint-Germain next week is not beyond Arsenal.

The French are not a side that will sit on a 1-0 lead, their manager won't accept that and neither will their supporters. That could open a window of opportunity for Arsenal to exploit. We have seen a vulnerability to PSG when they were put under pressure by Aston Villa and Arsenal will have watched that.

Mikel Arteta's side were extremely positive at the Emirates. They set out on the front foot but PSG, as all top sides show in this competition, only need one momentary lapse in concentration or one misplaced pass, and they are on you.

People have criticised Declan Rice for leaving the gap for Ousmane Dembele's goal, but you need support from your team-mates in these games, pressing as one and giving cover.

The finger has also been pointed at Martin Odegaard's drop-off in form but their undoing in these situations is their over-reliance on set-pieces. It's been highlighted frequently how their set-piece 'guru' Nicolas Jover likes the players to block the opposition 'keeper on set-pieces and teams are wising up to that now.

They need to work on alternative ways as other than the contributions from Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli they struggle in open play. Ultimately, Arsenal's creative side let them down and they didn't do enough.

It will be really difficult in Paris but it's not beyond them. I've been in situations in European Cup semi-finals when the first leg hasn't gone to your advantage.

Liverpool lost to Borussia Monchengladbach in 1978 and drew 0-0 at home to Bayern Munich in 1981 but we managed to turn both around. PSG can be got at.

Why I swam the Channel (twice!) this week

I swam the English Channel this week and I'm so glad it's over. The only time I want to see that stretch of water again is flying over it in an airplane.

As part of Team Debra we swam the 59 miles from Dover to France and back, non-stop in 22 hours. The cause, of course, has never been more deserving: to raise money for those suffering with epidermolysis bullosa. You can donate here.

I was so confident going into the swim, but I had a bout of sea-sickness and it was a struggle for me. I only got in the water on three occasions when I'd planned to do four but when I was flagging, I had a wonderful Zoom call from my wee friend Isla Grist.

This super young lady, who never fails to lift my spirits. She never fails to impress everyone she meets as many of you may have seen with Rob Rinder on Good Morning Britain this week.

I can't begin to tell you how good the other guys on the team are. They are ex-military, and they set out as if they were on a mission. To complete the challenge in almost 22 hours dead on, shows the kind of focus and mental toughness these guys possess.

I was like a 50-year-old Ford Fiesta with 200,000 miles on the clock and they looked like Ferraris rolling off the garage forecourt. I'd like to thank them once again for showing absolute zero respect to the senior member of the team.

But I'd also like to say how grateful I am to many of you for your generosity and support. I don’t know how much we have raised but please stay with us, we haven’t beaten this yet. Every pound donated gets us one step closer to stopping the pain.