While Liverpool's summer transfer business has honed in only on midfielders so far, it is someone already at the club who remains the most important player in that department.
The form and fortunes and Fabinho rarely left the discourse last season as the Brazilian's performances were analysed to the nth degree while the Reds slipped from second to fifth in the Premier League.
Alongside Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho was one of a trio of 2018 additions who were hugely influential in turning Liverpool from top-four challengers to a side who won every major trophy available between the years of 2019 and 2022.
