For any new footballer arriving at a club and looking for acceptance, there are few more reassuring signs than hearing their name sung by an adoring new fanbase.
It used to be a given whenever Liverpool ran onto the field at Anfield that the Kop would run through and serenade the side pretty much from 1 to 11 before kick-off but repertoires are generally more arbitrary these days.
A character like Joel Matip can be at the club for more than half a decade, transform himself into an adored cult figure while picking virtually every major winners medal in the game and barely get a flicker of recognition, while an admittedly big money centre forward like Darwin Nunez can get his name belted out loud and proud before ever really kicking a ball in earnest.
