Previously as well, Alan Shearer urged Arsenal to sign a striker to win the league but they did not choose to bring in a brand-new centre-forward in the winter transfer window. Gary Neville criticised Arsenal’s recruitment as he was bewildered by their decision not to sign a striker as well.

Mohamed Salah has said that Liverpool's modern-day legends "need another title" after they swatted aside Manchester City at the Etihad on Sunday.

Until now, just two players of this generation have staked a claim to be sculpted into the game’s Mount Rushmore, with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo sustaining such celestial levels for so long that they belonged in a category of their own.