I hope Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike don't do what I did after signing for Liverpool

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Liverpool record £125m signing Alexander Isak during a training session at AXA Training Centre on Friday this week(Image: Nick Taylor/Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

For Liverpool supporters of a certain vintage, it was all about Roger Hunt and Ian St John, then Kevin Keegan and John Toshack.

Otherwise will hark back to Ian Rush and Kenny Dalglish or the trio of Peter Beardsley, John Barnes and John Aldridge.

More recently, the triumvirate of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane was celebrated before last season's title-winning regular threesome of Salah, Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo.

Over the years, Liverpool have been blessed with fearsome attacking partnerships that have provided the firepower behind a host of honours.

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Now the Reds are looking for similar future rewards after the £79million committed to take Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt was followed by a British transfer record £125m move for Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak on deadline day.

While Salah and Gakpo remain very much in the first-team frame, increased rotation from Liverpool boss Arne Slot means Ekitike and Isak will be given chances to prosper in the same starting line-up.

And former Liverpool forward Stan Collymore has a piece of advice for the big-money forward duo.

"I hope they don't look at each other as rivals," he says, speaking to the ECHO via NewBettingOffers.co.uk.

"When I came into a Liverpool team with Ian Rush and Robbie Fowler, I think myself and Robbie initially looked at each other as rivals when over the two seasons we played together we scored 105 between us and had 40-odd assists.

"We worked really well.

Sometimes I'd drop off to the left and put in crosses or drop deeper.

"Maybe Ekitike and Isak will have to tailor their games to play alongside each other, but that's not a bad thing.

Both players may have to learn new skillsets.

"I don't think it's going to be immediate as they have to understand how each other plays.

That was a unique trio that worked really well, and if the new attack gets up to 80% of that this season then Liverpool will be happy."

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The new era starts at Burnley on Sunday afternoon, with Ekitike expected to again lead the line after three goals in four games and Isak on the bench having not made a club appearance of any sort since the end of last season.

Another summer signing, Jeremie Frimpong, is vying for inclusion having this week returned to training after a hamstring problem, while fellow new boys Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez will hope to retain their starting roles from the 1-0 win against Arsenal a fortnight ago.

But despite such a sizeable overhaul, Collymore believes Liverpool retaining the senior core of the squad will be a major positive in helping the new recruits adapt.

"The coach will say 'this is how I want to do things' and the five or six new players will be used to a different way of doing things," he says.

"It's like first day of school - you're having to learn new skills and it's players who adapt the quickest that will have the most success.

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"The beauty for Liverpool is they have players like Alisson, Andy Robertson, Virgil van Dijk and Mo Salah who have been there long enough to be able to help new players along.

"And they are all nice guys.