As the news broke over the weekend that Liverpool would be putting their non-playing staff on furlough, a quote from chief executive Peter Moore from last year started doing the rounds.
'We had this historical figure, Bill Shankly, a Scottish socialist, who built the foundations. Today too, when we speak about business questions, we ask ourselves: 'What would Shankly have done? what would Bill have said in this situation?''
Last month, Jurgen Klopp made it clear where he stood on coronavirus: 'The first thing you have to do is be generous: generous with words, generous with feelings and generous with money of course as well.