Liverpool have recently completed deals for teenagers Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay with an eye on the future, and it is the success of players like Joe Gomez that helps justify investing in the best talent around to nurture.
Ironically then, it the latter’s arrival could spell the end of Gomez’s seven-year spell on Merseyside as he stands at a crossroads, mulling over the next step in his career after struggling to nail down a regular first-team place at Anfield.
On this day in 2015, Brendan Rodgers swooped to sign the centre-back who was just 18 at the time for £3.5million. That would prove to be a bargain fee as Gomez has developed into a regular feature in the Liverpool first-team and a fully-fledged England international.
