In many ways, the career trajectories of Sheyi Ojo and Harry Wilson have been strikingly similar.
Long-time team-mates through the academy ranks, the pair have become perennial loanees, both taking in their first spells away from Liverpool in 2015.
Ojo joined Wigan in the Championship, while Wilson was given a taste of League One football with nearby club Crewe Alexandra.
Since then, Ojo has spent time with Wolves, Fulham, Stade de Reims and Rangers, with Wilson joining Hull, Derby and Bournemouth, before they were reunited at Cardiff for the 2020/21 campaign.
Both took up regular roles with the Bluebirds, with Ojo scoring five goals and assisting seven in 42 games while Wilson netted seven and teed up 12 in 39 outings.
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