In terms of trophies, Liverpool all the second-most successful club in the history of English football, after bitter rivals Manchester United.
But the Reds haven’t picked up a league title since the incarnation of the Premier League in 1992, it’s unprecedented TV revenues seemingly propelling other teams – and particularly the Red Devils – towards the summit of the English game.
Indeed, the Anfield outfit are now a very long way from their successes of the 1970s and 1980s, but could it have all been so different if the Reds had found a little more luck in the transfer market?
Plenty of world-class stars have passed through the legendary Anfield doors during the Premier League era – Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez, Fernando Torres, Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano to name just a few.
But there are many of equal or arguably superior talent Liverpool have missed out on. Just to prove it, we at This Is Futbol have listed FIVE.
Would the glory years have returned to Merseyside already if some of these nearly-men had signed on the dotted line?