All three suffered frustrating campaigns at Liverpool. Elliott had to wait until after the championship was won to make his first Premier League start, Quansah was substituted at half-time of Slot's opening game and made the top-flight XI only three more times, while Morton's minutes were restricted to five cup outings.

Florian Wirtz knows what it is to be a wanted man. And now, six years after catching the eye of some of the game's biggest clubs, Wirtz is making the second high profile, contentious move of his career.