And so there is no opportunity for Rafael Benitez to recover from and make up for finishing out of the top four in the English League. Instead of getting rid of the two American co-owner clowns, we’ve lost a manager who brought us the Champions League, an FA Cup, Fernando Torres and a second placed finish in the 2008/2009 season.

Tumultuous times for Liverpool Football Club indeed, as one would expect star names to leave and new investment into the club hard to come by, given the continuing uncertainty. There is going to be a lot more pain to come, but as the song goes, at the end of the storm is a golden sky and the sweet silver song of the lark.

Thanks, farewell and good luck, Mr Rafael Benitez. May the future hold many possibilities for you.