Philippe Coutinho | Confirmed

[Damien]

https://www.nike.com/fr/fr_fr/c/fcbarcelona

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Might be someone playing a prank (would be strange to sell Coutinho mid-season) but it is definitely on the website.

 

[dwd]

Would be lovely but also surprising.

 

[izec]

Hope so, bit of drama please

 

[Damien]

Would be lovely but also surprising.

Either way, someone'll be sacked by Tuesday.

 

[dwd]

Wasn’t there a thing about the Liverpool megastore taking down posters of him in the summer?

 

[100]

This was always going to happen. Only question is summer or January. Same with Ronaldo & Suarez. Agree to stay and sign a contract, then sell for a lot more. Was shocked when the same didn’t happen with DDG.

 

[deafepl]

Better check out Adidas to see if any signing have been made for us

 

[Raoul]

Massive loss for LFC if he goes. No one could've expected Saleh's contributions this year and if he stops producing at such a torrid pace they will regret selling Coutinho.

 

[2 man midfield]

Hope so. Liverpool get shitter, and Barca won't go for Griezmann.

 

[Bojan11]

Hope so. Liverpool get shitter, and Barca won't go for Griezmann.

They want both.

 

[IrishRedDevil]

Yes please. He's still their best player, even with the fine form of Salah.

 

[Klopper76]

I don’t think we’ll sell mid season.

 

[manutddjw]

Clicked the link. It sent me to the Canadian Nike store and although it’s in French (I don’t know why), it definitely had the Coutinho story.

 

[2 man midfield]

They want both.

They're mental then. They're apparently in financial trouble due to their wage bill, I don't see them paying 140m for Coutinho and then another 90 for someone who plays in his position.

 

[VorZakone]

He's definitely leaving Liverpool in the summer anyway.

 

[NotBrendanRodgers honest]

I don’t think we’ll sell mid season.

Did you see how he was waving goodbye and applauding to the fans today when subbed off?

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Wonder if they'd buy a replacement in January as well.

 

[Paxi]

Either way, someone'll be sacked by Tuesday.

Jose?

 

[Damien]

Clicked the link. It sent me to the Canadian Nike store and although it’s in French (I don’t know why), it definitely had the Coutinho story.

Seems to be in most languages.

 

[Paxi]

Remember Chevrolet announced the Mata deal and Mkhitaryan shirts on our own website. If it’s through official channels, then it’s more than likely true.

 

[yumtum]

Clicked the link. It sent me to the Canadian Nike store and although it’s in French (I don’t know why), it definitely had the Coutinho story.

Quebec, Canada are French speakers.

 

[Damien]

Coutinho's reaction when subbed:

 

[deafepl]

Jose?

there's more chance of us getting a thrashing by Everton, the board panic and suddenly backed him then give him 300m to spend again in January window, all signing will be announced on Tuesday so bad run form will be forgiven than we sack Jose

 

[Infordin]

Yes please

Wonder if they'd buy a replacement in January as well.

Probably Lemar. They’ve been linked with him.

 

[Castia]

Would explain why they suddenly decided to spunk 75m on Virg.

 

[Damien]

Remember Chevrolet announced the Mata deal and Mkhitaryan shirts on our own website. If it’s through official channels, then it’s more than likely true.

And the Pogba advert leaks.

 

[Paxi]

And the Pogba advert leaks.

Yup.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Yes please


Probably Lemar. They’ve been linked with him.

Yeah Lemar is a possibility, but in January I don't think he'd be that much cheaper than Coutinho will be.

 

[Frank Grimes]

I will be happy to see the back of him as a United fan but the league will be losing a brilliant player. Big loss for Liverpool, if true.

 

[kafkawithaspirin]

One step forward, two steps back... sounds very Liverpool. Not sure what either side get out of this being concluded in January. They'll walk the league either way and he can't play in the CL, while we'll obviously miss him whether we sign anyone else or not.

Coutinho's reaction when subbed:

To be fair I don't see anything out of ordinary there. It didn't look that dramatic to me.

 

[dwd]

Coutinho's reaction when subbed:

Looks like he knows something.

 

[Dumbstar]

Hopefully he stays to play in the rest of the CL, i.e. buy him and loan him back for a few months.

 

[Shane88]

Please Christ. Anything to upset their attack a little.

 

[Damien]

To be fair I don't see anything out of ordinary there. It didn't look that dramatic to me.

Here's his reaction in a home game he scored and assisted in:


The Leicester one seems more dramatic (turning around, applauding everyone rather than a couple of claps), though obviously that might just be to time waste.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Would kill for a player like him in our team.

 

[deafepl]

Meanwhile, United hijacking Coutinho on transfer window deadline. You heard it here first. Liverpool will get more pissed off about it and regretted not selling Coutinho to Barcelona during the summer where they had a chance

 

[mav_9me]

One step forward, two steps back... sounds very Liverpool. Not sure what either side get out of this being concluded in January. They'll walk the league either way and he can't play in the CL, while we'll obviously miss him whether we sign anyone else or not.



To be fair I don't see anything out of ordinary there. It didn't look that dramatic to me.

Yeah. Looked a straight forward sub reaction.

 

[kafkawithaspirin]

Here's his reaction in a home game he scored and assisted in:
The Leicester one seems more dramatic (turning around, applauding everyone rather than a couple of claps), though obviously that might just be to time waste.

Maybe I'm just not seeing what I don't want to see but it looks like a generic sub off ritual to me. If it was any other player nobody would think there's something up with him, I think. Also it's a rather unfair comparison as one of those clips were right after him scoring a goal, the other one, as you pointed out, was more about time wasting. He even walked to the far end of the pitch right before the board was shown.

Then again the Nike website thing looks rather conclusive. It's very unlikely it was just someone hacking it for fun as it was available in different languages (or someone really had nothing else to do). Then again I read somewhere that something similar happened to Arsenal with Mahrez, not sure about that though. Either way, would be extremely stupid to let him leave in January. Could break our season just when it was turning into something great.

EDIT: Fair enough about the Mahrez stuff. A friend of mine told me something but wasn't really clear.

 

[Adnan]

Makes alot of sense to get a player early, so he can bed in and get used to his new surroundings early for the following season.

 

[Acquire Me]

VVD inn Coutinho out. Not a good deal imo.