First it was Mohamed Salah. Then Diogo Jota. More recently, Luis Diaz followed suit.
And, it could be argued, Roberto Firmino set the tone once Jurgen Klopp had been installed as Liverpool boss almost seven years ago.
What all four forwards, along with the recently-departed Sadio Mane, have in common is they wasted little time in stamping their authority on the Reds attack following a big-money transfer.
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Quite the example, then, for Darwin Nunez to follow after potentially becoming the most expensive signing of all with a summer move from Benfica that could ultimately cost a club record £85million.
Factor in his arrival is prompting a change in emphasis in a long-established Liverpool attacking approach, there will be significant intrigue over how quickly and successful both player and team can adapt.
And with the fine margins in the Premier League title race having been underlined last season during the Reds' titanic tussle with Manchester City, Jordan Henderson has outlined the benefit of Nunez becoming the latest Klopp forward to race out of the blocks.
“It’s a new option, a new dimension for us, with the way we play and we’ve got to adapt to that quickly and get used to it,” says the Liverpool skipper. “Darwin certainly gives us a different option in the way he plays.
“Darwin is hopefully a huge player for us going forward. He is settling in really well. Don’t get me wrong, it was his first proper session on Monday really, so is still quite new into the group.
“But this group has shown in the past that it is easy to settle in quickly, he can already speak with some of the lads who speak Portuguese but hopefully he can pick up English quickly.
“He can score goals and that is a big reason why we have signed him, but also the recruitment and the manager, staff, will have watched them in plenty of other games and will have seen a lot of quality and seen a very good player. For us hopefully he can settle in and hit the ground running. Things move on, change, and hopefully we can adapt to that quickly.”
While accepting Mane’s move to Bayern Munich has seen Liverpool lose a leading talent, Henderson prefers instead to concentrate on the positives among those who remain.
And the captain, speaking here in Bangkok before the Reds jetted out to Singapore for the second leg of their Far East tour, believes the return to fitness of one mainstay is a particular welcome bonus.
“Sadio would be a big miss for anybody, he is a world-class player, for me one of the best forwards in the world, so it’s always going to be difficult losing him,” says Henderson. “We are sad to see him leave but we wish him all the best.
“But you look at the forward line and it’s still very, very strong. We have brought new players in but we also have world-class players who performed last season. Luis Diaz has come in and performed phenomenally well.
“Bobby coming back is a big bonus for us, he was injured for a large part of last season. We have plenty of options for sure, and hopefully we can produce as we have over the last few years.
“It’s looking very strong throughout the team – competition for places is driving people on. Hopefully it’s an interesting season for us. We will need everyone, as we did last year. That’s always the case.”
One player Liverpool can count on for the next three years is Mohamed Salah, who ended speculation over his future by penning a new deal earlier this month.
“We always knew Mo would be here this season regardless,” says Henderson. “But when you see the (contract) get done, of course it’s nice, to see it is over the line and he just can now concentrate on playing for us.”
Liverpool, of course, saw a remarkable last season end in the anti-climax of narrowly missing out on the Premier League title and Champions League crown in the closing week. The post-Paris parade did much to lift spirits, and Henderson believes Klopp’s side have already shown in the past they can sidestep any hangover.
“There’s no need for that,” he says. “We have had disappointments in the past and we didn’t have hangovers so we have always reacted in the right way, we still won two trophies last year so it’s not all negative, there were still positives to take out of it. It was a fantastic season.
“Yes, it didn’t end the way we would have liked but that’s football, that’s life, you get on with it and react in the right way and we just want to go again, to perform.
“I wouldn’t say (missing out) has made us more motivated but you are always motivated to win the biggest trophies. That is why we play. We want to be successful; we want to win things and we managed to win two last year.
“It didn’t end the way we would like in the other two but we pushed all the way and that is all you can ask for so you move on, that’s life sometimes, you take the positives, improve on the things we can improve on and try and perform in every game we play. We have done that for a long period of time and now we just have to keep going, keep pushing.”
And while the pre-season chatter has again centred on another anticipated championship battle between Liverpool and City - who themselves are having an attacking reshuffle following the signing of Erling Haaland - Henderson is refusing to rule out challenges from elsewhere.
“I never think it will be just us and City,” he says. “I always think other teams strengthen. You look at Chelsea, they are strengthening, United will strengthen, Spurs will strengthen, they have done so quite a lot so far. You look at other teams who are also going to strengthen so for us, yes, we have bought some new players and hopefully they can help us going forward and freshen things up but we have to keep doing what we have been doing for a large period of time.
“What will it take to get the top spot? Constantly working to try and strive to improve – and we can’t worry about other people (teams) around you – that’s not in your control. What is what we’re doing and we’ve just got to try and perform to the levels we’re capable of – I’m sure the lads will.”
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