However, a maximum of two teams from a European nation were able to compete, so Liverpool could not join Chelsea and Manchester City at the Club World Cup. Barcelona were behind Atletico Madrid on the UEFA ranking pathway, so missed out as well.

The Premier League champions are not playing in the inaugural version of the Club World Cup in the United States with Chelsea and Man City representing the Premier League

Allan Rodrigues de Souza, who was once labelled an ‘outstanding talent’ by Jurgen Klopp, is another player who things didn’t go quite right for in England, but is headed to the Club World Cup with Flamengo. He was bought by Liverpool in 2015 under Brendan Rogers for £500,000 from Internacional, and seemed to make a good impression on Klopp.