In a bygone era, the process of selling players was something of a Liverpool afterthought.
In 2009, for example, when Alvaro Arbeloa moved to Real Madrid, the Reds allowed their first-choice right-back to trade Anfield for the Bernabeu for a paltry £3.5m after he made 29 Premier League appearances for a Rafa Benitez team that were beaten just twice all season.
Even for 13 years ago, that fee was surely well below the versatile defender's true value, particularly in the same summer when £18m was paid to Portsmouth for Glen Johnson.
