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Roberto Firmino and Naby Keita were bit-part players at best.

You probably have to go back to 2022, when Sadio Mane joined Bayern Munich, for the last time that Liverpool lost someone who was a true first XI player.

Diaz is the only one who is a definite first XI player, but each has either played a substantial role this season or should do in the future.

Losing someone like that, just as is the case with Alexander-Arnold, would be almost unchartered territory.

Liverpool hasn't been in that kind of position for a long time.

With Nunez, though, even though he has made 40 appearances and played his part to some degree this season, a parting of the ways at least feels like the right course of action.

As much as Nunez has not worked at Liverpool — "failed" might be too strong, but "underwhelmed" certainly isn't — he has still had his moments

Even if he does, though, or even if he suddenly becomes a reliable goalscorer, it is the right time for him to leave.

At Liverpool, it will have been three full seasons that Nunez has had to impress

Like Mane, the player who Nunez replaced, it feels like a good time to cash in on a player who probably needs a new challenge.

Doing so will mean accepting that Nunez could still ignite elsewhere and Liverpool would run the risk of seeing him run riot in Spain, Italy or elsewhere