Two of Liverpool's famous attacking trio have now had speculation surrounding their club future resolved.
For Sadio Mane, it meant bidding farewell to the Anfield faithful and opting for a new challenge at Bayern Munich 12 months before his Red contract would have expired and allowed him to leave for free. Mohamed Salah meanwhile, pleasantly shocked Liverpool fans by penning a new, mega-money contract extension that sees him tied to the club for the next three years.
That leaves just Roberto Firmino with lingering question marks still hanging over his future plans. The Brazilian international is undoubtedly nearing the twilight of his Reds career if his playing time is anything to go by.
Once one of the first names on Jurgen Klopp's team-sheet, Firmino featured 20 times in the Premier League last term. By no means a poor number, but it does mean he missed 18 league outings either through injury or simply not making the cut.
The latter of those two options can be explained by the recent influx of younger, vibrant attacking options that have come into the club over the last few windows. The summer of 2020 saw the £40million acquisition of Diogo Jota before Luis Diaz eventually followed in the January window of 2022.
While Diaz operates on the left flank and therefore arrival did not harm Firmino's playing time or pecking order within the team, there has been times when Jota has been favoured over Firmino and rendered the former Hoffenheim man to a bench role.
This could be something Firmino has to get used to more often given the recent acquisition of former Benfica forward Darwin Nunez. The 22-year-old was pried away from Portugal for a club-record fee of around £85m plus add-ons - meaning he did not come to sit on the bench.
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As part of Klopp's plan to revitalise Liverpool's attack with younger talent, Firmino could be used even more sparingly next term given he undoubtedly no longer makes Liverpool's first-choice front three.
Instead, that would now look more like Diaz and Salah operating on either flank, with Nunez through the middle and arguably Jota to be the first-choice substitute to come on and replace any of those aforementioned trio who were lagging mid-game.
It would be a peculiar decision from a Liverpool hierarchy usually so shred when it comes to transfer dealings - both arrivals and departures, to allow the chance for Firmino to leave the club for nothing in 12 months' time.
There is a surprisingly little amount of talk surrounding any Anfield exit, but don't be stunned if there is a late transfer twist as the window nears its end and Liverpool bid farewell to another member of their original star-studded attacking trio.
