Liverpool's squad is made up of 14 nationalities from three continents. But you could not get more local than 19-year-old defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, who grew up a few minutes’ walk from the club’s Melwood training ground.
He remembers as a six-year-old watching the parade to celebrate the 2005 Champions League title.
‘They came right past my house. We were all standing on the wall outside, me and my mates, and playing footy in the front garden just waiting for them to come,’ he said.
‘Then we heard the commotion.