While it's been arguably his best season on the pitch as a Liverpool player, there was a rip-roaring performance from Ibrahima Konate at a January press conference that has proven to be one of his most dynamic.
Clearly growing in confidence and stature behind the scenes at Anfield, the centre-back was happy to put his hand up for pre-match media duties as the Reds prepared to host Lille in the Champions League at the beginning of the calendar year.
What followed was a remarkably candid set of admissions from Konate as he spoke about his belief that his partnership with Virgil van Dijk had been, at that point, Europe's best defensive pairing, while he also revealed he had pushed through his recovery to help the team out of a centre-back shortage following injury to Joe Gomez before the visit of Manchester United.
The admission that he used the aid of pain-killing injections to get him through around that period was probably an overshare from Liverpool's perspective but the revelation that he been tabled a new contract and was yet to reach an agreement was also a surprise soundbite.
Such was the France international's display, in fact, that it was openly hinted by sections of the media at Anfield that day that he might not be asked again to sit in front of reporters. From Liverpool's point of view, Konate maybe revealed one too many trade secrets.
Over four months on, though, the Frenchman, having revealed the club were in talks, remains tethered to the same terms penned when he arrived back in the summer of 2021.
Heading into the final 12 months of his deal, Liverpool will be forgiven for a sense of groundhog day given the situations that have only recently resolved themselves with Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk.
Sporting director Richard Hughes might feel he is playing something akin to contract whack-a-mole. Having tied Van Dijk and Salah down to new two-year deals after Alexander-Arnold confirmed his end-of-season intentions to depart, the Reds' chief is being made to tackle another issue involving an important member of the team head on.
But while losing one first-team star on a free transfer against your wishes might be considered unfortunate, to see a second do likewise inside a year has to be considered negligent.
And while the likes of James Milner, Roberto Firmino, Gini Wijnaldum and Naby Keita were all allowed to leave as free agents with the best wishes of everyone connected to the club, seeing Alexander-Arnold walk away will sting.
Liverpool attempted to make Alexander-Arnold one of the best-paid players in the Premier League only to find out the pull of Real Madrid was too much for the vice captain to ignore.
So if the allure of playing for los Blancos in the Spanish capital was too irresistible for a lifelong Reds supporter who grew up in West Derby with dreams of following in the footsteps of his idol Steven Gerrard, it's a fair bet that pastures new might also be reasonably considered by Paris-born Konate at some stage.
“This is a conversation with the club and we will see," the former RB Leipzig man said when asked about his future after the Tottenham game last month.
Arne Slot has spoken about the need for everyone connected to the club to make it as difficult as possible for players to leave Anfield and a huge part of that will be days like April 27, when supporters were first able to toast to their club being champions of England for the first time 35 years.
On what was one of Anfield's most famous afternoons, a contemplative Konate was caught on camera taking in the scenery of an empty ground after supporters had shuffled out and continued the party on the streets around the stadium. It felt like a moment of clarity, to soak in all that had been achieved.
The city-wide parade will also have a part to play in letting players know, both inside the Liverpool dressing room and beyond, of what will await them further down the line if they are successful at Anfield.
And for players like Konate - whose long-term futures are somewhat uncertain - and prospective transfer targets that are assessing the lay of the land this summer ahead of their next move, a memorable afternoon across the city region May 26 might go a long way towards winning hearts and minds.
If the scenes are as remarkable as they are being tipped to be, why would you want to go anywhere else?
