ahead Roberto Firmino will bid farewell to his beloved dwelling followers on Saturday afternoon when go to Anfield. The Brazilian is about to embark on a brand new journey after his contract expires on the finish of subsequent month, calling time on a profitable eight-year spell on Merseyside.
Firmino burst onto the European scene with Bundesliga aspect Hoffenheim, the place he confirmed a capability to attain and create objectives from quite a few attacking positions, prompting Liverpool to splash out £29million again in 2015.
The Brazilian worldwide, who has 55 caps for his nation, has been a part of the furnishings at Anfield within the eight seasons since, racking up a powerful document of 109 objectives in 360 matches. However as his thirty second birthday approaches and his recreation time dwindles, the participant and the membership are quickly set to half methods, and Villa are Liverpool's remaining dwelling opponents of the marketing campaign.
With that, Specific Sport takes you thru three attention-grabbing storylines throughout Firmino's time within the Premier League...
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Anger at Jurgen Klopp
The Liverpool boss has hardly stopped singing Firmino's praises since snapping him up from Hoffenheim, and the pattern continued after a 4-1 away win over West Ham in 2017. "I actually like to speak about these two gamers [Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane], however please don't forget about Roberto Firmino on a day like immediately."
Nevertheless, he went on to how he angered the Brazilian by taking him off within the second half, leaving him with no likelihood of getting on the scoresheet: "He was actually indignant about that really once I took him off. I stated: ‘What a efficiency!’ He stated: ‘I didn’t rating although!"
Evidently, the pair promptly mended their relationship and Firmino is about to go away Merseyside on good phrases.
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Weird yellow card document
As a participant that instantly endeared himself to Liverpool followers, a part of Firmino's attraction was his evident love for the membership and keenness for profitable video games. That a lot is evidenced by a curious statistic which has introduced smiles to the faces of Reds supporters.
In response to , because the knowledge started being recorded in 2005/06, no participant within the Premier League has been booked extra typically for 'extreme celebration' than Firmino. "Attractive stat," wrote on Twitter.
'Maximo' enamel
Together with being a proficient deep-lying ahead with a formidable goalscoring document, Firmino has turn into recognized for his blindingly white enamel, which he acquired throughout a dental process a number of years in the past.
The dentist in query, Robbie Hughes, who has additionally labored on fellow Liverpool stars previous and current akin to Lucas Leiva, Alberto Moreno, Philippe Coutinho, Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane and Klopp himself, claims that Firmino requested a brand new shade of 'maximo' white.
"On the subject of selecting color we've shades 4, 3, 2, 1 – with one being the whitest," Hughes informed . "Roberto noticed the chart and requested for 'maximo' – past one! We created that color for him."