In some ways, it could be seen as the ultimate compliment for his work at Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp, though, would be forgiven for not being completely enthused.
Six out of Liverpool's seven representatives have successfully negotiated their way to the knockout stages of the World Cup.
Darwin Nunez is the only player to not make it through to the last 16, unable to help Uruguay score the late goal against Ghana that would have seen them edge ahead of South Korea in Group H having been substituted towards the end.
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Nunez will now be given a break although it's likely he will join up with the Liverpool squad during their warm-weather training camp in Dubai, where they will play friendlies against Lyon and AC Milan later this month.
For the remainder - Holland skipper Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate of France, England duo Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold and Brazil pair Alisson Becker and Fabinho - the focus is now on the knockout stages, with Van Dijk up first against the United States on Saturday afternoon.
Should results go to form, which hasn't exactly been a given thus far in Qatar, there's every chance all six will make it through to the quarter-finals next weekend. And while not every player has featured regularly - Alexander-Arnold has one substitute appearance while Fabinho made his first outing against Cameroon on Friday evening - the training and intense pressures of being part of a World Cup will not have been any different.
Even if those players join up for the tail end of the Dubai trip, they will each need a period of rest as Van Dijk earlier this season suggested would be required of every World Cup player. And as well as the Carabao Cup tie at Manchester City on December 22, it could call into question their involvement over much of the festive Premier League programme, with a Boxing Day trip to Aston Villa followed by a home game with Leicester City on December 30 and a trip to Brentford three days later.
That said, the period of rest may not necessarily arrive straight after the World Cup, and instead come when the FA Cup starts with a third round tie at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on January 7.
The one possible benefit is most of Liverpool's nearest top-flight rivals have had even greater representation at the World Cup - and continue to do so.
Kevin de Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan may have gone home surprisingly early, but Manchester City still have 14 players in the knockout stages. Manchester United have 12, Chelsea 11, Arsenal nine and Tottenham Hotspur eight. Newcastle United have five.
Liverpool will be keeping a close eye on when their World Cup players return. They are, though, in a better place than most of their main contenders.
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