Three years before a seemingly-fractured relationship with Brendan Rodgers played a part in Raheem Sterling forcing through a £49m move to Manchester City, the former Liverpool winger infamously clashed with his manager during the club's pre-season tour of the United States.
Such training round altercations are part and parcel of football. Players and managers exchange cross words but all is swiftly forgotten.
Only this heated exchange in particular has never been able to be forgotten.
Having made his Liverpool debut the previous season, Sterling was one of a number of young players included in Rodgers' travelling squad to America for pre-season due to a number of his senior stars taking part in EURO 2012.
The Northern Irishman had only just taken over at Anfield, replacing club legend Kenny Dalglish in the hotseat after joining from Swansea City and was looking to assert his authority over his new squad.
Unfortunately for the duo, the bust-up was caught on camera thanks to the FOX documentary Being:Liverpool.
The now Leicester boss had been telling Sterling to both 'use your brain' and 'stay on your feet', before threatening to send him home after taking issue with his response.
“This is for the young players and I need you to pay attention," Rodgers said. “Your attitude needs to improve in your work, OK? You (Sterling) say 'steady' to me again when I say something to you and you'll be on the first plane back.”
Sterling then responded by saying: “I didn't say steady, I said….” With Rodgers adding: “You know what you said, I know what you said.”
Former Liverpool defender Ryan McLaughlin was also part of the travelling squad over in the States and he has now revealed the truth behind the infamous row.
“That was Brendan stamping his authority," he told The Athletic. "He didn't want any young players getting too big for their boots.
“He didn't want us having fancy cars or designer washbags. He would always tell us: 'Just because you're training with Liverpool, it doesn't mean you play for Liverpool'.
“Raheem was already a big name and everyone knew he was destined for great things. Brendan thought Raheem answered him back and didn't want to be seen as a pushover.
“I don't think he needed to do that to get our respect as he had it already."
McLaughlin continued: “It maybe gave some people the wrong impression about Raheem because he's such a nice fella, so down to earth.
“Raheem was adamant he had said 'he stepped on my toe' after feeling like he should have had a free-kick, but Brendan heard it as him saying 'steady'.
“If you got the better of a senior player in those sessions they would look to put you in your place. Raheem used to get kicked a lot because he was so quick. It was only when training stopped that day that we realised there was an issue.”