The long-time pursuit of a winger dashed by the player ultimately deciding his future lies elsewhere.
But Yan Diomande's preference for Paris Saint-Germain ahead of Liverpool is not a new transfer challenge for the Reds to now overcome.
It was back in 2017 when Julian Brandt topped a shortlist of right-wingers as Jurgen Klopp looked to bolster an attack that already included Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho, only to opt to stay at Bayer Leverkusen.
Mohamed Salah, of course, was ultimately the player suggested by the recruitment team as the best available option.
It should act as a reminder to the Reds in the wake of their failed attempt to lure Diomande to Anfield.
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐'๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ - ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐.