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After all, while its impossible to overstate the significance of Jürgen Klopp leaving, he was supported in his most trophy-laden years by the band which FSG is in the process of putting back together.

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With that in mind, perhaps we could expect to see a classic Edwards transfer trick.

He became known during his time as sporting director for raids on the Championship; Andy Robertson was undoubtedly the pick of the bunch, but there was moderate success too with Xherdan Shaqiri, while Edwards also had significant say in the Gini Wijnaldum deal before officially taking up his senior post.

Of course, that trio had only suffered relegation the previous season, and all had at least some Premier League experience in common.

It was a template Liverpool tried to follow directly with Roméo Lavia last summer, after Southampton succumbed to the drop.

We all know how that saga ended, with Lavia choosing to follow Moisés Caicedo in a misguided move to Chelsea.

While the Blues can't be blamed for the midfielder's rotten injury luck, Liverpool will nonetheless feel it dodged a bullet, as the former Southampton man has essentially been missing all season following his $72m (£58m/€68m) move.

But it will not put Edwards and Liverpool off the Championship.

Whether we see any more attempted relegation raids remains to be seen, with parachute payments perhaps limiting the opportunities to lowball clubs facing the drop, but there's no doubt that England's second tier is a hive of talent.

To that end, Liverpool is among the clubs linked to 18-year-old Leeds United midfield talent Archie Gray (Football Insider).

If we're in the Premier League, the 49ers [the owners] probably wouldn't sell for any price.

"But in the Championship, you would only have to go back to the summer when Roméo Lavia left Southampton for £58m.
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