The beaming smile, the spring in the step and the thumbs up: The Roberto Firmino hallmarks were all there as he returned to training on Tuesday.
The striker got back to work at Liverpool's AXA Training Centre as day two of the pre-season schedule involved a move out onto the pitches for Jurgen Klopp's players.
But for arguably the first time since Firmino joined seven summers ago, the Brazil international was not in possession of something else that has largely been taken for granted since he moved from Hoffenheim in 2015. Namely, his place in the starting XI.
