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It was Jarell Quansah and it was as recently as October.

Even for clubs that plans as well as Liverpool, things can change.

Liverpool rebuffed interest in him last summer but, a year on, accepted a bid of £30m that, given add-ons, may well rise to £35m.



They have made £50m this summer on Quansah, Caoimhin Kelleher, an out-of-contract Trent Alexander-Arnold and more than £60m last year from Sepp van den Berg, Fabio Carvalho and Bobby Clark.

The £116m cost of Wirtz was only possible because of the way Liverpool saved money by making a transfer-market profit last summer.

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Marc Guehi has been linked to Liverpool (The FA via Getty Images)

For now, Liverpool require a third- or fourth-choice centre-back for a reasonable fee.

There are younger players who could go, too, with Ben Doak and Tyler Morton probably offering the potential to be the most profitable, and their departures would not necessitate buying a replacement.

Van Dijk’s cover has been hit by the sale of Quansah (Getty Images)

Should Nunez go, however, there would be a vacancy for another centre forward in the squad just as Quansah’s move to Germany leaves a gap for a centre-back.