The summer transfer window started so well for Liverpool when they signed Monaco midfielder Fabinho out of nowhere for a fee of around £40million.
Since then, the Reds have been chasing highly-rated France international Nabil Fekir from Lyon but this has not been so straightforward.
After what seemed like a breakthrough in negotiations, it was announced by the Ligue 1 side that Fekir would be staying at the club.
This news has been hugely disappointing for Kopites everywhere, who would have seen Fekir as the ideal man to play the no.10 role previously occupied by Philippe Coutinho.