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Roberto Firmino is the centre-forward most synonymous with Jurgen Klopp’s time at Liverpool. But the German’s reign both started and ended with a more traditional number nine.

Firmino is an Anfield legend, having won every major honour during his eight years at the club. Returning 111 goals and 72 assists from 362 appearances, he reinvented himself as a false nine to great effect as the central cog between Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane in the Reds’ famous attacking triumvirate.

As he got older, he was no longer a guaranteed starter. The late Diogo Jota emerged as a much more prolific option, before Klopp brought in Darwin Nunez from Benfica in the summer of

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