Now into his ninth year as a Liverpool player, there are only a few roles Joe Gomez hasn't performed during his time at Anfield.
From teenage rookie and a reluctant left-back right the way through to a title-winning centre-back
The Londoner is the only player in the current Liverpool squad that preceded Jurgen Klopp's October 2015 arrival
It might surprise many to learn the long-serving Gomez doesn't turn 27 until the end of the current Premier League season
After nearly 200 appearances without so much as a sniff at a Liverpool goal
Gomez's recent weeks have been characterised by him playing as a rampaging full-back who is coming closer and closer to that elusive first strike for the Reds.
The defender came closest during his lengthy stay was during the recent draw with Arsenal
He cut inside the penalty area before curling a right-footed effort just wide of David Raya's left-hand post.
It was a shot that had Klopp beaming and one that would have rocked a new-look Anfield to its foundations had the long wait finally been ended in such style
There's a school of thought that Gomez is now imperative to Liverpool's ambitious plans for the season heading into 2024. It's a theory Klopp clearly subscribes to.
Klopp
"He can play all the positions at the back and that is very important,"
"He didn't have a good year last year but he is absolutely back to his best. Or maybe he is at his best at the moment, because he is still a young man. It is crazy to think that - he is just for us a super important player."
Gomez has already played at right, left and centre-back this term, including his adaptation of what has become informally known as the 'Trent role' around Liverpool, where the right-sided full-back is required to get into central areas as an additional midfielder
Ask Gomez where he would most like to play, however, and he will candidly tell you it is at centre-back.
Klopp
Melwood.
"I think Joe is absolutely at home here so that is the No.1 reason (he is still here)," Klopp says. "Joe had the problem of too many injuries in his time here - I'm not sure exactly the number but he's been here for nine plus years if I am right - and the number of games he has had with the quality he has has nothing to do with me or Brendan (Rodgers) - he was playing quite frequently when I arrived.
"Then he was injured and he came back from international duty with the under-19s or under-21s injured. But in our most successful seasons he played centre-half next to Virgil van Dijk, very often, not all the time, but mixed probably with Joel and Dejan (Lovren) but he played a lot of games."
Klopp adds: "He never came to my office and asked: 'Can I go?' No, never. It was always sorted before it could get to that point. We sorted a new contract, he wanted to sign and he wanted to stay. I think he and his wife really feel he is Liverpool through and through and so that is the reason more than anything else.
"He knows that in his time with his injuries that if you go somewhere and get injured you are just a different player but here he is still our boy and we will deal with it and you have all time to get back and that is a positive as well."
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