Liverpool have ticked the first box on their summer rebuilding programme by completing the signing of Alexis Mac Allister.
The Argentine World Cup winner, who passed a medical in Merseyside on Tuesday, has agreed terms on a deal that will run to June 2028 and an idea of the importance that will be placed on his arrival is the fact he will be given Liverpool's vacant No 10 shirt.
It is a significant number in Liverpool's history, as it was worn by John Barnes and, more recently, Sadio Mane but it is also significant for Mac Allister to, given the symbolism of the number in Argentina with Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi.