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This summer marks the end of an era at the club as Divock Origi ends his eight year association with the club.
The Belgian international has joined AC Milan on a free transfer after the Reds decided not to extend his contract.
Origi leaves the club as a cult hero, beloved by fans for his commitment, work rate and happy knack of scoring a clutch of incredibly important goals.
The forward first joined the Reds from Lille in the summer of 2014, but was immediately sent back to the Ligue 1 side for the following season. He was officially introduced as a member of the Reds in the summer of 2011.
Origi can leave with his head held high after playing a significant part in one of the most successful periods in the history of the club. The player won six major trophies during his time on the club.
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Despite being on the books for eight years, Origi made 175 appearances for the Reds, scoring 41 goals and adding 18 assists.
His first appearance for the club came as a late substitute against Manchester United, but he made little impact in 16 minutes.
It took Origi another couple of months to score his first goal for the Reds, which was part of a hat trick in a 6-1 thumping of Saints in the League Cup quarterfinals.
His first goal for the club came 11 days later in a 2-2 draw against West Brom at home, as the Belgian scored a 96th-minute equalizing goal to rescue a point.
Some of Origi's goals were more memorable than others, but he averaged a goal every 160 minutes for the Reds and a goal every 200 minutes for the group stage of the competition.
L'Equipe name their worst XI of the season. Origi and Thauvin included #LFC #THFC Must have played 21 times. pic.twitter.com/7Blm4rrJrT
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As a 19-year-old, Origi became the youngest ever player to play in a World Cup when he was part of Belgium's squad in Brazil. He was named in L'Equipe's worst XI of the season after being sent back to French club.
He scored 21 goals in 76 games over his first two seasons at the Reds, but only 37 of them were starts.
Frustrated by his lack of first-team action, Origi was allowed to join Wolfsburg on loan at the start of the 2017-18 season. The year in which Origi truly began to burgeon was the one in which he scored six goals in 34 games.
It took Origi until December of last year to score his first goal since coming back to the club. The only goal of the game was scored in the 96th minute by a substitute who had only been on the field for 10 minutes.
Desperately chasing the win, the Reds slung a high ball into theEverton box in a move that seemed to fizzle out when the ball went sailing high into the air. Thankfully, Origi kept his eyes on the falling ball, and when Jordan Pickford failed to clear it over his bar, it was the alert Belgian who pounced to tap home from point blank range.
Origi scored six goals against the locals, more than any other club.
In May of this year, Origi was at it again, this time with a late winner that gave the Reds the top spot in the race for the title. The championship looked to be slipping away from the Reds after they were held to a 2-2 draw at St James' Park.
The title chase would go down to the final game of the season after their super sub scored with a late headed goal. The 11 goals Origi scored as a substitute were more than any other player in the club's history.
The Reds finished runners-up despite having the third-highest points tally in the league at the time, as a result of City winning the league by a single point.
Origi painted his masterpiece under the lights in the European competition, while things were bubbling away nicely on the domestic front.
When they lost to Barcelona in the first leg of the semifinals, it looked like their European adventure was over. However, the second leg saw the Reds embark on one of the great comebacks of the modern era, which was all started by Origi's first ever goal in the competition.
The tie was turned on its head as Barcelona capitulated, with two further goals from second half substitute Georginio Wijnaldum drawing the aggregate score level at 3-3.
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