If Liverpool have a transfer policy that is broadly stuck to, Thiago Acantara was very much the exception to the rule.
It's two years in September since the Reds made one of their most opportunistic moves of the Jurgen Klopp era by signing the midfielder from Bayern Munich for a £25m sum.
That he was into the last year of his terms and desiring a fresh challenge e nabled Liverpool to snare the decorated midfield maestro from Bayern at the time. The fact they had proven they could compete for and win the the biggest trophies in the game will have undoubtedly helped too.
