In hindsight, Diogo Jota's hopes for another encouraging season at Liverpool were over before they'd even had chance to gain traction.
Twelve months ago, the Reds striker was among the party that flew out to the Far East for the start of pre-season having recovered from a hamstring issue suffered when on international duty with Portugal the previous month.
Well, at least that was the belief. Instead, in his first full training in session in Singapore, Jota pulled up with a recurrence of the issue that delayed his season bow until September, one of several players to have been hampered by the short break between campaigns as a consequence of the winter World Cup.
