As a consequence of the unprecedented period that football is currently experiencing, many clubs will have to adjust how do business moving forward in order to cope.

The coronavirus outbreak is likely to have a drastic financial impact on the large majority of clubs, which may force operations to become more efficient whereby recruitment teams place a greater emphasis on undervalued prospects rather than targeting more established and expensive names.

Aston Villa spent a net total of £139.6m last summer, while Brighton and West Ham splashed out a combined total of £118.2m. That behaviour is highly unlikely to continue in the immediate future.

Liverpool, by contrast, have operated more shrewdly in recent years. The Reds made a net profit of £28.1m last summer, and have spent a total of just £107.6m over the course of the past five years, which is considerably less than rivals such as Manchester City and Manchester United, both of whom have surpassed the £450m mark.

Interestingly, though, Liverpool's outside of the box thinking began years before Jurgen Klopp arrived. The Anfield club sought to find undervalued talent when Fenway Sports Group took over, with players around the age of 21 years-old prioritised.

The Reds signed two players in particular who failed to thrive on Merseyside but have since evolved to become quality players, with each having a relatively successful career away from England.

Iago Aspas and Luis Alberto are the duo in question, having been purchased for a combined fee of just under £14m in 2013.

The pair were relatively unknown and failed to make an impact in England's top-flight, as many other top players have before returning, including the likes of Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah.

Aspas joined aged 25 as he was entering his peak years, having scored 23 goals while registering seven assists two seasons prior in the Spanish Segunda division. Once achieving promotion with Celta Vigo, Aspas then scored 12 and assisted seven in his debut La Liga campaign despite his team finishing 17th.

Considering he was purchased by Liverpool for just £7m following that record, he was clearly a gamble worth taking.

What is more impressive is that since, Aspas has returned to Celta and bagged a total of 84 La Liga goals in four-and-a-half seasons. His best return was in 2017/18, when he found the net 22 times while also posting five assists.

Aspas was unable to showcase such a clinical edge in the Premier League, but even if he managed to get close to those numbers at Anfield, he would have been labelled as a bargain.

The case regarding Alberto is similar.

He posted an impressive 11 goals and 16 assists for Barcelona B in the season before he was signed by the Reds, aged just 19.

Clearly, he was identified by the recruitment department on Merseyside as a hot prospect and further down the line, those judgements proved to be accurate.

Alberto has performed in Italy's Serie A since 2016, and he's evolved into one of the league's most active creators. The Spanish midfielder scored 11 goals and registered 14 assists one year after joining - which is his best return - and this season, he's already on 12 assists with 12 matches remaining.

Perhaps the duo simply weren't suited to English football? Maybe Brendan Rodgers was too reluctant to present them with opportunities? Was Liverpool's system or style of play the problem?

Regardless, signing players of that nature who are demonstrating an ability beyond their value is what most Premier League clubs are likely to do when the transfer market does eventually open.

Those who switch clubs in the upcoming window are likely to offer more in England than Aspas and Alberto did, but over the course of a full career, the ex-Liverpool men take some beating.