Thank God Liverpool keep naming their strike force, every time they do they almost immediately lose someone. SAS, Fab 4, Thrilling Threesome next with Mane leaving to Bayern anyone?
Philippe Coutinho | Confirmed
- Thread starter Damien
- Start date
- Status
To be honest, Dembele and Countiho - I'm not sure what else they could have realistically done given the current market climate. In Dembele they've got a future star, and in Coutinho they've got a ready made one who can play pretty much anywhere in attacking setup before Iniesta makes way for him in a more central position.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
I completely agree with Luckhurst here.
Sky just whacking 3m more on as they love to do. He'll be going for 200m tomorrow.
142m for coutinho, that is a lot. Thank you PSG for inflating the market like this. They should be suspended from buying any more players. They have made a mockery of the market which has been impacted forever. Jokers.
€120 million up front apparently.
I'm not blaming them. They did a good business with the money they got from Neymar's deal.
Continues to look like even more of a bargain with each passing transfer.Pogba has just become the 4th most expensive player. He was first in 2016.
Or he will score 87 long ranges per season against those defenses..
Serious now, he is suited to that style. He will probably look amazing there.
Pastore? Pool coupd probably get him for 30M.... so if you are right, they get a better player and bank 100M?
The world's gone mad. Very good player but this is absolutely ridiculous. If he's worth that, then what are Messi and Ronaldo worth in this market?€160m for Coutinho is absolutely insane.very good player, but not 160m great.
Could Coutinho not wait till the summer? Liverpool are still in the CL and top 4 race.
The board got a lot of flak after the summer transfer window (including a former presidential candidate submitting a vote of no confidence) so probably felt they needed to move this window
Nope.Can he play in UCL?
How will Pool line up now... Henderson, Can, Lallana. Wonderfully average.
I think he sees a move now as a guaranteed La Liga medal.
I'd argue the opposite. It's a great time to sign him from their point of view. A six-month integration period as opposed to a six-week one after the World Cup. They also have the luxury of playing Coutinho in all La Liga and domestic competitions when they can rest other first-trainers for Champions League commitments. It's a great decision from them.
Liverpool, on the other hand... Oh, dear. Absolutely crazy stuff selling their best player mid-season. Klopp has his work cut out to rally the troops now. They looked so average without Coutinho (and Salah) last night.
Yep because a top 4 race sounds much more appealing than actually winning a league. That's what I f*king hate about football nowadays. I hate all this top 4 nonsense. You either win the league or you dont
We achieved top four with a midfield like that last season. It damages us losing Coutinho but it’s not as bad as when we lost Suarez.
Yes, I was just looking for some inconvenient in his past,hehe.
Very good addition for the attack,meanwhile we still don't move in the market.
I wonder if they still will go for Griezmann in the summer
Haven't they already used most of that money by signing VVD and keita?
Totally agreed - was caught up in a discussion regarding the race for 2nd the other day. There is no race for second.
Your issue now is Chelsea, Spurs, us and City are better than last season
Coutinho must be desperate after Barcelona if he is willing to give up UCL football just to get there. I still have my doubts that this transfer will happen this winter.
So, Lemar or Mahrez to replace him? Don't think your attack will lose much, tbh.
My god. The Neymar sale has really revolutionized the way football is going. Now I wonder how are they going to fit Griezmann into all this next season. Could they sell Suarez?
Which barca promised to give back on his first renewal. Even then, if the summer figures of €20m/year for 5 years were true, he's giving up €3m/year. Still twice as much as he's currently making at liverpool
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
One of them maybe, but I don’t think it’s Mahrez.
Fantastic news - this will severely weaken Liverpool irrespective of what they do with the money (although my view is a lot was spent of Keita/VVD).
He's the only player they have that turns draws and losses into wins and really makes them tick. Mane/Salah/Firmino are good attackers and combined with a player like Coutinho they sometimes look like world beaters. But taking Coutinho out of Liverpool would be in my view like taking Pogba out of United.
Another trophyless season, battle for top 4 and rebuild job in the Summer for them now in my view.
He's the only player they have that turns draws and losses into wins and really makes them tick. Mane/Salah/Firmino are good attackers and combined with a player like Coutinho they sometimes look like world beaters. But taking Coutinho out of Liverpool would be in my view like taking Pogba out of United.
Another trophyless season, battle for top 4 and rebuild job in the Summer for them now in my view.
He looks absolutely delighted to be departing Scouseland.
Yeah, he's not the first Barcelona player to do similar
He is finally smiling after leaving that prison
Bs. Barca journalists always make to stories like this.
Surely Mahrez won't cost £80-90m like Lemar. I'd rather have Mahrez, tbh.
Presentation on Monday, we'll see when he gets some minutes
Liverpool and Premier League are losing another great player....
there's no comparasion between Barcelona/Real Madrid appeal and EPL.
there's no comparasion between Barcelona/Real Madrid appeal and EPL.
I think we ruled ourselves out of that move today.
Who is your next game against?
They did well to keep him for as long as they did.
He's been there what? 5 years? And won feck all.
He's been there what? 5 years? And won feck all.
Tomorrow at home to Levante.
- Status