When Xherdan Shaqiri left Liverpool in the summer, it was hardly a surprise.
The Swiss playmaker had rarely been more than a bit-part player at Anfield and had spoken publicly of his desire to leave when representing Switzerland at Euro 2020.
Having won the Premier League and Champions League with the Reds, there was little more the 30-year-old could achieve on Merseyside, and, with his Liverpool career falling the same way as his time with Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, the time was right for him to move on in search of a starring role as opposed to a supporting one.
