This is how Joe Gomez became crucial to Liverpool again - with a 'passing process' and his plan to finally end goal drought

Now more than ever, it feels like the end is nigh for Liverpool's longest-serving player Joe Gomez.

The end, that is, of a near-decade wait for a goal in a red shirt as the defender reveals the tactical tweak made by Arne Slot that will finally end his scoring duck at the club.

But the end could have come in a more meaningful tone, had things gone more smoothly in the summer. He admits a mooted move to Newcastle was 'very real', with Mail Sport revealing at the time how he nearly left for St James' Park, with Anthony Gordon heading the other way.