After finishing a £142m transfer from Liverpool to Barcelona in January, Philippe Coutinho could by no means have imagined that lower than six months on, his former membership could be within the ultimate of the Champions League.
However, after the Reds fought to knock out Porto, Manchester City and Roma, that's precisely what is going on, with Jurgen Klopp's males set to face off towards present holders Real Madrid in Kiev on Saturday.
And whereas many punters are anticipating a comfy Real Madrid win, seeing Los Blacos safe a third UCL ultimate win in a row, each the little Brazilian and Lionel Messi imagine Liverpool are able to inflicting an upset and lifting their sixth European Cup.
It is recommended by Spanish information outlet Diario Gol that after being given insider info on the Merseyside outfit by Coutinho, the Blaugrana's talisman Messi is assured of Klopp's males denying their El Classico rivals in Kiev.
Their fellow Barcelona stars are lower than satisfied nonetheless, and worry that Zinedine Zidane's skilled Madrid facet might be too good for the Premier League facet.
Subsequently, each Messi and Coutinho are at odds with their Barca cohorts, insisting that the Champions League ultimate is much from an open and shut case.
Saturday's Champions League ultimate would be the second time Liverpool have met Real Madrid at this stage of the competitors, with the primary assembly in 1981 leading to a 1-Zero win to the Reds courtesy of a objective from Alan Kennedy.