While the World Cup begins to take shape in Qatar, it won't just be Liverpool's international players surplus to requirements that are handed a much-needed, deserved break from their packed schedule.
That's because Barry Lewtas' under-21s starlets have also been sanctioned a mid-season vacation as they prepare for the second half of the Premier League 2 campaign.
The U21s are not in action until early 2023 when they are scheduled to host Tottenham Hotspur at Kirkby in their first league encounter of the year.