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Don’t know how true it is but the Echo are reporting that Barca have ended their interest in him, if that’s the case how will the supporters treat him (assuming he sorts out his “back problem”)?
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For me he has been manipulated by a greedy agent and an arrogant club. With a bit of time he will see that and be back to play.
Besides which, there is no point sulking, it just means he will get to play less and miss the WC_____________________________
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There’s reports on the net of Barca setting a midnight deadline to Liverpool to agree and do a deal. I’m not clear of the latest bid, but a rumour too on Liverpool apparently wanting to reluctantly allow this to go ahead should Lallana be fit.
Would be interesting to see the back pages of tomorrow.
The Van Dijk deal is still floating around – maybe something dramatic could still take place.
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I guess in relation to reintegrating the player, players around him I would imagine are open-minded, professional an focused.
We don’t have those type of personalities who would otherwise be causing any friction in the camp.
Phillipe besides is liked and his skills and abilities I imagined would be re-welcomed. He’s not the first ever player to be involved in this scenario and it only takes one moment of brilliance on the pitch for all this to be swept aside.
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I agree with NewBalance, I don’t think Coutinho will have a problem reintegrating. I think most players would happily try to engineer a move to Barca. Any player that says they wouldn’t are probably not good enough to play for Barca and therefore say that they never would.
I don’t think the fans should give him too much stick either. He submitted a request to move but he hasn’t been going on like Diego Costa. He has gone about it quietly and between himself and the club. There is no talk of him being held hostage or any of that nonsense that players like to come out with.
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An unknown quantity. If Liverpool get the original Coutinho back they’ve made the right decision but if they get a lesser Coutinho back they might regret not taking the money.
Be surprised if Coutinho was still at Liverpool at the end of the 2018 window. But time will be the judge.
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Why do I have a suspicion this isn’t quite over yet… hope it is for Pool’s sake, but I still think they should told Barca “Get us VVD and Keita, and you can have Wee Phil”. Pool wouls have a very nicely balanced side with that deal I reckon.
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I agree with Banjo, particularly if Liverpool are able to bring in some other attacking players in the coming 10 days – Barca might have another go – their pursuit of Coutinho is over just as Liverpool’s pursuit of VVD is over 😉
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Coutinho’s a game changer, but it’s a funny one because Mane was our player of the season 16/17 and we missed him hugely when he was at Afcon.
With Coutinho, for many a time, either his runs from the left-hand side to cut inside and unleash a screamer or a set piece curler has won us games.
The potential 100+ mill generated would suit us nicely as we can sell off players surplus to our requirements without placing an over-valued price tag.
Defender/s I feel remain priority as attacking wise, Salah, and Solanke had added to the already in place Lallana, Mane, and Firmino.
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Gibbo, you’re right. Even if Coutinho was to show feelings of disappointment, he’d be quite gentle and mild-mannered about it. I don’t think he’s the type too not to deliberately give a 100%.
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To be honest, I reckon The Mane-Man (see what I did there?) is more important than Wee Phil. Do the 2 for 1 swap thing and Pool will have a cracking side!
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So, what is now doing the rounds as far as this saga goes is that a final 138 million bid is said to be tabled.
Personally, I think we should accept it. Coutinho will be somebody else’s target even if we hang on to him for another season and even if we don’t need the money, we could receive a much lesser valuation.
Let the boy move on, and we can focus in trying to recruit what we’re in need of.
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if Liverpool end up selling then I think they have played this terribly. if they accept an offer, they would’ve known from the beginning what they would accept. they should’ve said to Barca it will cost X amount, nothing less. instead, it has dragged on and will now make it very difficult to reinvest that money wisely. I have no issue with the timing of Barca’s approach. they acted once Neymar left and gave Liverpool over a month to have this sorted. 140m for Coutinho is insane. ability wise he is brilliant but he is so inconsistent it frustrates me. He is capable of producing magic but he is also capable of just strolling around the pitch doing nothing for 90 minutes.
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Paxton,
I can resonate to your first point. Though, I would be more inclined to believe the principle of clubs doing everything possible to hold on to their best player/s.
There are clubs out there that will play ransom, but on the same token, there is a point of every player having a price and the often eventuality results to reluctantly caving into an overwhelming bid.
It’s worth remembering in these instances that it’s never been Liverpool’s interest to place Coutinho in the shop window, nor for example was it in Swansea’s interest to sell Sigurdsson to Everton.
Persistence though in this current climate of ridiculous valuations and fees pays off and 9 times out of 10, the chasing club end up with the player they want.
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Going away slightly from the player/club in question, I think the 140m point would be reason to sell regardless. The market has been inflated somewhat due to the English TV money for sure, but I think everybody is forgetting to a degree the Naymer fee was basically a pissing competition that the Qatari’s have started. I do think this was a major blip that people are assuming will continue. Barca set a “release clause” they thought nobody would actually pay but the Qatari’s are simply just showing off. Since that transfer, everybody has stuck 20/30/40% on everything, especially if Barca are trying to buy, and I reckon next summer you won’t see anything like the sums being chucked about. I really think Pool should just take the money and run.
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Chucky,
That is certainly one way of looking at it re PSG. From their own actions, other clubs have decided to follow suit.
From Paxton’s earlier point, whether or not clubs will then play ransom, the bottom line (due to the now luxury of tv money as your rightly point out) is the ‘cat and mouse’ or the to and fro out of this 9 times out of 10 will deliver the outcome of the player moving and the selling club generating ‘X’ percentage of mark up against the scale of reality as we know it.
What should happen in my view going forward is for this whole policy to be reviewed/evaluated both by UEFA and the FA and new regulations draw up and proposed, i.e. a cap introduced on the most an individual can be sold for, not to mention, timing and in my view as great importance, a notice period of 1 transfer window before that player can be released.
What would you say to that?
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I would say far too sensible… 🙂
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Far to late to sell now. He won’t be sold
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Hey wasplicker, could be right but I’ll bet a mars bar now you won’t get anything like this offer next year!
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But, Banjo, that really is irrelevant. While the money is nice, it would appear from our transfer efforts this summer, money is not the probelm at Anfield – it’s spending it. If he does go next summer, in May hopefully, and we ‘only’ get £80m, so what? As long as he has played his heart out this season, whether we are successful in our objectives or not, that will be good enough for me and , I suspect, the majority of the fans.
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