Liverpool had to persuade Jurgen Klopp to sign Mo Salah in 2017, with the former Reds boss preferring to make a move for a player he was more familiar with from Germany.
Though the £43m Liverpool spent on signing Salah eight years ago looks better and better with each passing year, with the Egyptian proving integral to first Klopp and now Arne Slot, the German manager still needed convincing about the club's data-led approach when he first joined the club.
