21 Jun 2019 21:24:04
Hi ed001 or ed002 if you’re around, I was having a conversation with a colleague today regarding the links to coutinho. I don’t want to know if we’re interested per se, it’s more the means of acquiring him if we were interested.

He was saying that he thinks Barcelona still owe us money as the payment would have been split over a few seasons as it was a large transfer fee. My question is if we were interested, could we tell Barcelona to keep the money they still owe us and we could pay the difference?

Not sure if transfers can work like that or if it is possible, I was just curious?

Thanks in advance.

{Ed002's Note - No, that would not work.}


1.) 22 Jun 2019
22 Jun 2019 09:48:18
I highly doubt Klopp has or had any thoughts of bringing Coutinho back.

We are better off without him anyway.


2.) 22 Jun 2019
22 Jun 2019 10:39:56
Too right we are max.


3.) 22 Jun 2019
22 Jun 2019 12:02:29
I disagree. If he had never been a liverpool player we would all be buzzing about him joining. It won't happen but i hope it does.

Just the sort of player to nick a goal from thirty yards against a stubborn Leicester or Utd. 2 points. Premier league. Not as black and white as that i know. Id love him to come back. He fought for his move to barca, well, vvd fought to come here, so did keita, mane. You can't blame him for wanting to fulfill his dream and play for Barcelona. But dreams are rarely as good as they seem.

If it happened i hope we welcome him back. From a dressing room of egos to a dressing room of European Champions.

{Ed001's Note - I wouldn't be buzzing about him joining so that is just nonsense. We went up a huge level because of getting rid of him from the team, in large part. He is not suited to our style of play.}


4.) 22 Jun 2019
22 Jun 2019 12:31:24
Fair enough ed01. Each to their own. But we seem to be looking for a creative midfielder who can also cover the forward positions. Pipco can do that.

We went up a level the season he left but he did play half that season and was pretty good. It may be we got better because he left but it may be a coincidence, the team were clearly progressing even when pip was still here.

I loved our style this year. Solid defence, world class keeper, an industrious midfield who provide a platform for the front 3 who provide most of the creativity, along with the fbs. But, if klopp is looking for a creative midfielder, and considering how hard klopp fought to keep him, doesn't that suggest that klopp thinks he can work in our team?

Remember the fab 4? Not john and co. They were class before coutinio left.

{Ed001's Note - he wasn't pretty good! It was not a coincidence we improved when he left, his play was selfish, it was always his issue on the ball. 45 shots from ridiculous angles and distances. Most overrated player Liverpool have ever had and just shows how desperately poor the side was after Suarez left that people go on about him so much. He has very little creativity, a creative mid creates chances for others as well, he simply does not do that, which is why he is failing so miserably at Barca and with Brazil.}


5.) 22 Jun 2019
22 Jun 2019 12:34:53
Robbiesline, if he had never been a Liverpool player and we bought him for the fee being touted, I'd think we'd lost the plot.

He's not worth half of the fee it would take i. e. Fekir is being priced at something like £50 million.


6.) 22 Jun 2019
22 Jun 2019 13:09:12
Selling Coutinho and using the money to help fund VvD and Alison surely ranks as Liverpool’s best transfer business since getting Aldridge, Barnes and Beardsley. No going back for Coutinho for me - he was and is too selfish for this team, and shows no sign of changing.


7.) 22 Jun 2019
22 Jun 2019 13:23:02
Completely agree Ed1.


8.) 22 Jun 2019
22 Jun 2019 13:31:27
Completely agree Ed1, I aren't going to say he isn't talented because he is but like you say we've done better since he left and that's the truth. People wanting him back, why? The way he forced his way out? And you want someone like that back? I wouldn't have him back at Liverpool if he was for free.

Hes decent at best and can be magical at times but it's not enough, he's not good enough for this team now, nowhere even near. Bugger him, he thought the grass was greener and failed. Unlucky lad.


9.) 22 Jun 2019
22 Jun 2019 14:54:39
Coutinho used to drift in and out of games on a regular basis. He would have the odd match where he was enthusiastic and linked well with Firmino doing 1-2s, plus he scored some pearlers from 25 yards, but i can't remember a player who was so inconsistent at Liverpool. He was anonymous one week, then scored a brace the next and everyone wet their pants over him. He agitated to leave to go to his preferred club and I couldn't see him being anything other than a step down for us now. Id prefer Dembele from Barcelona but happy to not bother with any of their players to be honest.


10.) 22 Jun 2019
22 Jun 2019 15:37:55
Yeah good points. Especially about there being cheaper options. And i think we gave him the ball so much because he was our best player. We were all pleased when he didn't leave in the summer. I think since he left we have functioned more like a team, it brought the group closer together.

Also buying allison and vvd and fabhino with the money raised from selling coutinio was massive in us becoming one of the worlds best football teams again. I wouldn't swap those three for 3 coutinios tbh.

Still, they were called the fab 4 for a reason, they demolished defences. Maybe his ego might have subsided a bit since joining Barcelona, where he isn't the best technical player they have, and then getting humbled at anfield by his old team.

I said at the start of the thread that it won't happen but i hope it does. He has had a poor season but is still one of the best footballers on the planet imo. Barcelona just isn't the right team for him.

I think he might end up at chelsea.