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Since joining Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp has made 18 first-team signings, and very few have failed to work out.

Those new arrivals include the likes of Virgil van Dijk, who joined from Southampton in January 2018, and has since gone on to finish in second place in the Ballon d'Or, whilst Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, two more recruits brought in by the 52-year-old boss, finished fourth and fifth this year respectively.

The list doesn't stop there either. Andrew Robertson has become a creative force at left-back, picking up 13 assists last term, whilst Georginio Wijnaldum was also nominated for the Ballon d'Or this year.

Dominic Solanke, however, was one of the few transfers that didn't work out. The striker joined on a free transfer from Chelsea in 2017, and would go on to make 27 appearances for the Reds. In that time, he managed just one goal and one assist, before moving to Bournemouth in January of this year. Incredibly, the Cherries decided to pay £19m for his services, which is perplexing considering he had just eight goals in 54 professional matches at that point.

It is fair to say that it is a transfer that hasn't worked out. He has signed featured 25 times for Eddie Howe's side, and he is still waiting for his first goal on the south coast, whilst he has only managed one assist. In fact, not only has it not worked out - it has been a full-on disaster.

Letting him go was clearly the correct decision, but it is the timing of his departure for which Klopp deserves credit. It was already apparent at that point in the term that the 22-year-old did not have a future at Anfield. He had made just one appearance up until his departure, showing that he clearly wasn't a part of his manager's plans.

Yet he was still at the age where there was a thought that he still had a big future ahead of him. His record at youth level was impressive - he has nine goals in 18 appearances for England's U21s, and he scored 35 in 45 matches for the Blues' various youth outfits - which will have given Howe hope that he could become a star. Had the Merseyside team left it any longer, that buzz around him may have died down, and during the summer, Bournemouth would have had a bigger selection of forwards to choose from. A player that spent most of his time on the bench or with the U23s would surely not have been at the top of their shopping list.

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It is just another example of the former Borussia Dortmund manager's genius. In football, timing is everything, and Klopp's watch is finely in tune.

Meanwhile, the sale of this Premier League striker was one of Jurgen Klopp's few mistakes.