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It is always a sad time for football fans when they see a player they idolise walk off the pitch for the last time and even sadder for those running the club when they move on for free  – a feeling Liverpool know all too well.

Divock Origi is the latest cult hero that looks like leaving Anfield this summer. Origi, while never the greatest goalscorer, has cemented himself in Liverpool folklore after a string of famous goals against Everton, Barcelona and Tottenham.

But with his contract due to expire at the end of the season, it seems almost certain that this campaign will be Origi’s last on Merseyside – despite there being an extension clause in his deal.

Fabrizio Romano has claimed Origi is “more than tempted” by a reported offer from AC Milan, with “talks in progress.”

The Reds have seen plenty of other modern-day heroes leave the club for nothing over the past 20 years, and we have taken a look at seven of them.

Two goals in that iconic Champions League semi-final against Barcelona cemented Wijnaldum’s place in Liverpool folklore.

Unfortunately, a new contract could not be agreed between player and club, and he joined PSG in June 2021 on a free transfer. The Netherlands international left Anfield with just under 200 appearances, 22 goals and four trophies to his name.

One half of the most lethal strike partnerships a generation of fans have ever seen at Anfield, Sturridge left Liverpool for Trabzonspor in 2019, ending a six-year stint with the club.

The striker found the net 21 times as the Reds came to within a whisker of a Premier