The Phoney War is almost over for Harry Wilson.
After loan spells with Crewe Alexandra, Hull City and Derby County over the last four years, Wilson's big Liverpool chance will finally arrive next month.
With every term away from his parent club, Wilson has improved, honed his talent and edged himself closer to Liverpool's first team . Each spell has helped prepared him for life at Anfield, but the hard work starts now.
This summer he stands on precipice of finally realising a dream he has held for most of his life.
This is what the 22-year-old has been working towards ever since he started life as a Reds footballer at the tender age of eight.
From those 63-mile round journeys to Kirkby from his parents' home in Corwen, near Wrexham, through to moving to Eccleston with Ryan Kent at 16 and living with Mason Mount at Derby - the objective has always remained the same.
To one day become a first-team player at Liverpool.
That unwavering aim has never drifted out of view for Wilson, and after starring for the Rams last season, his chance finally awaits upon a return to Melwood on July 6 .
"Monday, Wednesday and Friday until I was 12, then four times a week and then five times a week," he said earlier this year, discussing the sacrifices his family made to help him reach the edge of Liverpool stardom.
"It was a massive commitment. Without my mum, dad and my grandparents it wouldn’t have been possible to get where I am now."
As the ECHO revealed this week , Klopp is willing to give Wilson a chance to make a mark during the club's pre-season schedule.
The Liverpool manager is keen to see how the Wales international has kicked on during an excellent loan stay with Frank Lampard's Rams.
From the outside, it's been a hugely impressive season. Eighteen goals in all competitions - plenty of them spectacular - have left some supporters convinced he is finally primed to make the grade at Anfield.
Klopp stayed in contact with Wilson throughout his push for Championship promotion with the Rams, with the Reds boss regularly fed back reports of his player's progress from loan and pathways manager Julian Ward.
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For his part, Wilson has never shied away from where he sees himself, going forward.
"The main focus this season is to get promoted with Derby," he said in February before the Rams were beaten playoff finalists.
"But Mason’s goal is to play for Chelsea and my goal is to play for Liverpool. I have always felt like a Liverpool player.
"Everything is going along the right path."
That path has been a long and winding one, but it is nearing the Anfield tunnel that Wilson has so often pictured himself walking down.
With as many as nine games across the summer months for the Reds, Wilson will be afforded ample opportunity to showcase his burgeoning talent.
The cancellation of the Anfield friendly with Schalke on August 6 has cut Wilson's chances down somewhat, but with seven warm-up fixtures and the Community Shield and Super Cup on the agenda before the big kick-off against Norwich, the former Under-23s captain has enough time to show his long-term future is with Klopp.
Enquiries have been forthcoming for Wilson already, but the club are unwilling to entertain any offers until Klopp has ran the rule over his returning loanee.
In the current market, Liverpool feel they can fetch at least £25million for Wilson, should they decide his football lies away from Anfield over the next two months.
James Maddison's £22m move from Norwich to Leicester 12 months ago is being held up as the reason for the valuation of Wilson, with sporting director Michael Edwards and his team believing the Reds forward to be worth more.
There is also the fact that Wilson only signed a new five-year contract with the Reds 11 months ago, preserving his value and suggesting his career remained firmly at Anfield.
After a long time coming at Liverpool, this is finally his opportunity.
What happens between now and the close of the transfer window on August 8, as it stands, is firmly in Wilson's hands.
