Some news stories about that say Barcelona need to cough up the remainder of the £40m for Coutinho, are having trouble doing so, and would like to offer him back to Liverpool for the £40m to be cancelled.
We don’t actually have that exposure to the monies owed, we factored it (ie sold the debt) to a finance company.
Hence we would have to pay the £40m to the finance company to land Coutinho.
I am not in favour of having this guy back at Anfield. Quality player of course but I very much doubt Klopp has planned to have him in, and that will disrupt the preparation we have been making for the 21/22 season.
No to Coutinho. We already have the money in the bank from his sale anyway.
Barca struggling to offload Coutinho
posted on 31/5/21
The thought of watching thiago, coutinho & firmino link up, with mane and salah wide/cutting in.....Full backs marauding and putting in crosses.......is the stuff of dreams for me.
Teams pak the bus anyway, let hendo or fabinho have a night off now and then.
posted on 31/5/21
Not saying I would want him back, but he’s definitely the type of player we need from midfield. Although we say about Coutinho every summer, Klopp ain’t going to bring him back unfortunately.
posted on 31/5/21
Reminds me a bit of James Rodríguez. Both excellent footballers at their best, but fell just short of making the final step up in football - which was the expectation given the fees paid for them.
Such big signings also mean big wages, so it's very hard to find a club that will show you the patience you might need to regain your form and confidence, especially when you increasingly have injury trouble -perhaps as a result of trying to push yourself too hard- which seems to be the case with both to some extent.
posted on 31/5/21
James problem was joining Real Madrid after the 2014 World Cup, where he got top scorer. Was always going to be huge pressure on him after that.
Similar to Coutinho went on loan to Bayern and now at Everton where he’s been alright, not great. Grass isn’t always greener as they say.
posted on 31/5/21
James, Coutinho, Kaka, Petit, Overmars etc etc - Spanish teams buying players on reputation and not seeing how they would fit into a system. Coutinho was never going to fit into our system which is more possession based and requires making space. Coutinho is a player to run into space, not create it. He was perfect for Liverpool's first system under Klopp which was pure speedy counter-attack. Not sure how he would fit in now.
posted on 31/5/21
Come on Arsenal please do everything to sign him!
posted on 31/5/21
comment by Xiu (U6109)
posted 33 minutes ago
James, Coutinho, Kaka, Petit, Overmars etc etc - Spanish teams buying players on reputation and not seeing how they would fit into a system. Coutinho was never going to fit into our system which is more possession based and requires making space. Coutinho is a player to run into space, not create it. He was perfect for Liverpool's first system under Klopp which was pure speedy counter-attack. Not sure how he would fit in now.
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lols. that firmly proves your own point as it is fundamentally incorrect in describing how coutinho was used by klopp lol.
you lot decided for political reasons that this transfer had to be done. there was no football in the decision making process. you were fleeced as a result.
Its that simple from our side. you started the dirty tricks with he agent in the summer and carried it on. you lost neymar and had a major political issue.
posted on 31/5/21
comment by Mo Salahhhhh Egyptian King 👑 (U8829)
posted 1 hour, 54 minutes ago
James problem was joining Real Madrid after the 2014 World Cup, where he got top scorer. Was always going to be huge pressure on him after that.
Similar to Coutinho went on loan to Bayern and now at Everton where he’s been alright, not great. Grass isn’t always greener as they say.
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I'm sure pressure was an issue, but it wasn't until his second season that he started to crack. He was actually very good in his first under Ancelotti.
posted on 31/5/21
Coutinho rumours seem to growing
posted on 14/8/21
This transfer has probably been the worst transfer in history
£140m!