As Sadio Mane walks through the Liverpool exit door, the Reds triumvirate that has served Jurgen Klopp so well in attack over the past five years is no more. With the Senegalese, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino all now the wrong side of 30 and out of contract in 2023, club bosses knew this day was coming but that doesn’t make it any easier for supporters to say goodbye.
How could it not be? This is the trio that scored the goals which saw Liverpool crowned champions of England, Europe and even the world with them all securing their statuses as bonafide clubs legends as a result. But in truth, it has been some time since the trio were an untouchable force in attack, with the arrivals of Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz ensuring a changing of the guard was taking place in plain sight.
Regardless of if Salah and Firmino also depart in 2023 or not, this next generation of Klopp’s Reds, with new £85m man Darwin Nunez leading the line, is set to feel very different to the familiar presence that transformed Liverpool from doubters into believers.
