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He had no interest in rejoining Liverpool as sporting director.

In the end, he did not technically come back to Liverpool at all, instead taking up a role within FSG.

Sooner or later Liverpool will need a replacement, and nobody in-house quite fits the mold, either positionally or in terms of talent.

Fortunately, Edwards may have some old notes that he might want to pass on to the new sporting director.

The Salah heir may well be in the back of a filing cabinet somewhere under the ‘2021’ tab.

Liverpool was linked with Donyell Malen back when he was still at PSV, while Edwards himself was still sporting director at Anfield.

Borussia Dortmund would sell for around $65m (£51m/€60m).

Three years older, Malen is a slightly less typical Edwards signing now.

But Dortmund used him only sparingly at the start of the campaign, and he has flourished with a more regular role since around the turn of the year.

Malen is not as much of a creator as Salah, but the Borussia Dortmund star is still able to rely on the explosiveness that characterized the Egyptian’s early years at Anfield.

Whatever the truth of those previous links, Liverpool should certainly be looking at the Borussia Dortmund star now.