Liverpool travel down to Bournemouth this weekend in an attempt to secure their third Premier League win in a row.
The Reds battered Manchester United 7-0 last Sunday to follow up a comfortable 2-0 success over Wolves as they chase down an elusive Champions League spot.
Somehow, Liverpool's thrashing of United isn't their biggest win of the season, however. They obliterated Bournemouth 9-0 in the reverse fixture back in August to record their joint-largest victory in the top-flight.
Someone who will be keen for revenge in the clash at the Vitality Stadium is Cherries striker Dominic Solanke, who was signed by Jurgen Klopp and spent two years at Liverpool between 2017 and 2019.
Solanke, though, scored just one Premier League goal in 21 appearances at Anfield, before making the switch to Bournemouth in January 2019 in a deal worth around £19million.
Like his time at Liverpool, Solanke struggled in front of goal at the Cherries and it took him 39 league games to notch his first goals for the club - netting twice in a 4-1 win over Leicester in July 2020.
This was looking like a horror buy for Bournemouth as they were relegated to the Championship at the end of the Covid-hit campaign despite winning at Everton. However, Solanke found his feet in the second-tier.
The England international scored 15 times during the 2020/21 season as Bournemouth narrowly missed out on promotion by losing to Brentford in the play-offs. That setback didn't stop the Cherries and Solanke, however, as they got promoted under Scott Parker in the following campaign.
Solanke would have won the Golden Boot in seven of the previous eight seasons, but Aleksandar Mitrovic was simply unstoppable with his record-breaking 43 for Fulham. He netted an impressive 29 for the Cherries as they finished behind the Cottagers in second, ahead of Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield.
Although Solanke has chipped in with just three goals and 20 games so far this season, his all-round play has been good and the Cherries can safely now say that the £19m has been well spent on the forward.
Meanwhile, unfortunately the same cannot be said about Jordon Ibe. He became the first of four players to switch Merseyside for Dorset in the last decade when he made the £15million move in 2016.
The 27-year-old was dubbed the 'next Raheem Sterling ' during his time at the Reds, but often flattered to deceive and struggled to make an impact beyond some impressive initial glimpses. This was a similar theme at Bournemouth, as he failed to grab a goal and assist in his maiden season on the south coast.
Ibe made 92 appearances in total for Bournemouth, scoring five times before he was released at the end of his contract in June 2020. Derby was Ibe's next destination, however, he played just once for the Rams while struggling with depression and mental health.
Speaking about his struggles which reached a particularly low point during the aforementioned Instagram post, he told sportBIBLE : "It was the darkest time of my life. It was a cry for help, to be honest. I felt like I needed to speak out because if not, I don't know what else could have happened.
"It's a good thing that I did. I feel like it was very important that I spoke openly and to my family about it because you don't know what can come from mental health. I've been going through depression for the last four years."
Another player that has moved directly from Bournemouth to Liverpool is Brad Smith. Like Ibe, the less spoken about this transfer the better. Smith joined the Cherries for around £4m in July 2016.
After 11 appearances for Liverpool, Smith made his competitive debut for Bournemouth in a win over Morecambe in the League Cup - but only made one Premier League appearance before Christmas. He was limited to just 270 minutes in his first season at the club due to the form of Charlie Daniels at left-back.
Having spent the best part of another 12 months on the bench at Bournemouth, Smith moved to Seattle Sounders in the MLS and has since also played for Cardiff, DC United and Houston Dynamo.
The final player to leave Liverpool and move to Bournemouth is Harry Wilson, although unlike other three, this transfer was a season-long loan with a fee involved. That was believed to be in the region of £2m.
Wilson had an extremely successful spell on loan at Championship side Derby, before going on to test himself in the top-flight with Bournemouth in 2019/20. The Welsh winger netted seven times for the Cherries during his loan spell, before returning to Liverpool at the end of that season.
