Much has changed, inside and outside the world of football, since James Milner first featured in a senior match in November 2002.
The man himself has ticked off almost everything on a player’s career wish list.
There’s his three Premier League winner’s medals, two with Manchester City preceding the most recent as Liverpool vice-captain when the club’s three-decade wait for the title was emphatically ended last summer.
There’s the Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup triumphs with the Reds in 2019, which he added to a CV that already included FA Cup and League Cup honours, plus 61 England caps.