When it comes to frontlines, Liverpool’s trifecta of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino will go down in history as one of the most lethal in recent memory.
But there may have been a fourth name to complete the set and extend it to a devastating quartet, had not been for a big-money transfer collapsing at the final obstacle — and Nabil Fekir is now left to picture what might have been for his career if it had gone through.
Before the days of Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez dazzling the fans at Anfield, Liverpool found it somewhat tougher to land their top targets in the transfer window. In fact, the Reds reluctantly sold star playmaker Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona in a then-record £142million deal.
