Hobbs, who has a year remaining on his current deal, believes that, like many youngsters at Anfield, he is being torn between fighting for his place in the side and moving on in search of regular first-team football.
"They are going to bring the best players in the world in. But it just means we've got to raise our game to compete with them.
"Wherever I go, I've got to be playing first-team football. Ideally that would be at Liverpool but, if not, then I'll have to look elsewhere."
