All season long, Liverpool’s three, big expiring contracts have dominated the headlines.

With less than two months of the campaign left to play, the Reds stand on the verge of losing their captain, vice-captain and top scorer.

Hope remains that Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah will re-sign to stay at Anfield, but there is now a resignation amongst supporters that Trent Alexander-Arnold is leaving for Real Madrid.

Fans have been left fuming with Alexander-Arnold, with the Scouser’s silence seen as a cowardly way for him to sneak out of the back door at Liverpool.

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Trent’s actions have led to many Liverpool fans recalling the behaviour seen by Roberto Firmino as he prepared for his own exit in 2023.

Firmino’s situation was of course different for all sorts of reasons.

But as Alexander-Arnold, Salah and Van Dijk head into what could be their final months with the Reds, it’s worth revisiting the ‘not normal’ request Bobby made of his agent at the time.

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Firmino is a true Liverpool legend.

The Brazilian was the beating heart of Jurgen Klopp’s Premier League and Champions League-winning team and won supporters over with his introverted personality.

In truth, it felt as though there was nothing that could have elevated his status further as he approached his exit two years ago.

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But then his agent, Roger Wittmann, spoke to the press in March 2023.

With Firmino’s impending exit already announced, Wittmann revealed that the No.9 had prevented his representatives from speaking to any future employers until his contract with Liverpool had ended.

“Our plan for the next couple of weeks – this is the plan of Roberto – is to show the manager and Liverpool finally again the best version of him to say goodbye.

This is what he wants to do,” the agent told journalist David Lynch.

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“He has no clue what that means for him in the near future.

He respected the club and gave his all right up until his final minute on the pitch.

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Trent, by contrast, is reportedly already finalising his contract with Real Madrid.