And then there were two. The departure of Paul Glatzel to League Two side Swindon Town may not have been the most eye-catching January transfer for Liverpool, but it did mark the further severing of ties with the Reds' last successful FA Youth Cup side.
Glatzel had scored the winning penalty in May 2019 as Manchester City were beaten on spot-kicks after a dramatic 1-1 draw. Now, less than five years later, only Vitezslav Jaros and Rhys Williams remain, both currently out on loan with only the latter having broken into the first team at Liverpool, although his last appearance was way back in May 2021.
The remainder of the players involved have had wildly contrasting fortunes since, ranging from Neco Williams and Yasser Larouci now featuring in the Premier League with Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United respectively to Fidel O'Rourke and Bobby Duncan, scorer of Liverpool's equaliser against City, being without a club.
Liverpool made around £20million from sales of that Youth Cup-winning team, the vast majority comprised of the £17m Forest paid for Williams 18 months ago. And the difficulties of gaining sizeable fees for often largely unproven talent - no matter what the obvious potential - can be evidenced by scrutiny of the beaten City squad that evening.
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The Etihad side have accrued just over £52m from sales from their squad, with almost the entire total consisting of Cole Palmer (£40m) and goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu (£12m). Jeremie Frimpong, now much sought-after at Bayer Leverkusen, left for Celtic for less than £400,000, while Felix Nchema (now at Borussia
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