Klopp wouldn't answer any questions on the Coutinho to Barca stories at his press conference just now. All he said was that he (and Salah) were both out of the game on Friday but that he'll be fit for the City game. As we're all cynics, all we can read into that is we'll know what's happening with Coutinho one way or another sometime in the next week.
January Transfer Window 2017/18
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I think Ox's move was more about an opportunity to play in his position as opposed to taking bucket loads of money and being played out of position every week. Didn't he also turn down a move to Chelsea as they also wanted to deploy him at RWB.
In regards to Coutinho I am of the opinion that the deal is already done, I don't see Liverpool dropping £75m on VVD otherwise but I'm no expert on Liverpool so its possible the funds were always there and earmarked.
How has Keita been getting for RB Leipzig? I know very little about him other than that he was awesome on FIFA.
In regards to Coutinho I am of the opinion that the deal is already done, I don't see Liverpool dropping £75m on VVD otherwise but I'm no expert on Liverpool so its possible the funds were always there and earmarked.
How has Keita been getting for RB Leipzig? I know very little about him other than that he was awesome on FIFA.
On Coutinho, if it was done then we wouldn't be going through all the usual nonsense we are now. It would have been announced and happened, like VVD. We had been lining up VVD before last season had even finished, well before Neymar was off to PSG and Barca even began looking at replacements. The money was always there for VVD and Keita, they were our prime targets last summer. That said, I don't think we'd have bought Ox had we been able to sign both last summer.
Agree on the position he would play being the main driver for Ox's move although I think there's more to it than just that. He'd gone stale at Arsenal - he was a player with all the pace, energy and technical ability as a youngster but just never really progressed. As I said even when I didn't think we were going to sign him last summer, Klopp's the type of manager that can get more out of players and we play a way that was perfectly suited for a player with Ox's attributes.
Keita's a freak, in a good way. Even when I'd only seen bits of him he looked like a Kante/Lallana hybrid but the more I watch him the better he looks. He gets around the pitch much like a Kante, breaking up attacks, making interceptions and tackles but his close control and ability to dribble with the ball through the centre of the pitch is very much like a Lallana but with a bit more drive behind him. And then to top things off, watching him this season I was shocked at just how good he is when he gets in the final third - there aren't so many flashy flicks and tricks but he loves a throughball and has this knack of playing the right pass nearly all the time.
Question for other Liverpool fans, annoyed at how Coutinho has gone about this transfer? (He's getting called a lot lol)
Not sure if I just don't care anymore or sympathize that he'd like to get his move as if he sucked the club would show no loyalty? Going to be awful losing him in the end though
Not sure if I just don't care anymore or sympathize that he'd like to get his move as if he sucked the club would show no loyalty? Going to be awful losing him in the end though
I'm immune to all this now. Coutinho didn't grow up as a Liverpool fan, he moved to us because that was the best move for his career. While I'm happy at where the club is going right now, to a Latin/South American player the lure of Barca or Real is almost always too big to turn down. If he leaves this window, within 5 months he's likely to have a La Liga winners medal, playing and living in a culture and climate that he's used to.
Better players than him have left us and we're not nearly as reliant on him as we were them, and most importantly, I'm far more comfortable that the club will replace him than when Torres or Suarez left.
If Coutinho’s worth that much, imagine how much Eriksen’s worth.
1 billion dollars.
Tonight's Coutinho update - Liverpool press pack all reporting that Barca are prepared to offer €160m/£142m, made up of £106m up front and £36m of realistic add-ons.
In other news Chelsea are supposedly back in for Barkley and will offer around £15m for him.
In other news Chelsea are supposedly back in for Barkley and will offer around £15m for him.
He's not worth £80m, £90m or £110m and there's no way anybody would ever offer more than that again, according to our resident experts. He's a fantastic player and he's only going to get better but we haven't been and aren't reliant on him. If he does indeed go then the key will be how well we spend the money.
edit: Chelsea want Andy Carroll?
edit: Chelsea want Andy Carroll?
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Depends on how you look at replacing him. Like for like is very difficult - there aren't many players of his type, that play the roles he does, who would be available. Lemar is the obvious one but ultimately he's not as good as Coutinho, certainly not yet anyway. I wonder whether the club will look to replace him with 2 players - get another out and out attacker to play in our front 3 and another midfielder.
The biggest issue with the above would be how possible it is to bring in 2 players in January and whether the club would be willing to be slightly short in 1 area until the summer.
Chelsea being a full 2 points ahead of Liverpool practically puts them in their own mini league behind City? Maybe if they were 7-8 points clear you'd have a point but 2? That's pushing it a bit.
We need two for sure, not just to replace Coutinho but Can is off aswell in the summer. I get Keita is coming in but i think we are very short in cm. Id like an out and out striker myself, i expect Sturridge to leave and Ings and Solanke (not yet anyway) arent up to Liverpool standard.
So you only count this seasons league table so far for any order of merit?
Well Utd finished 6th last year if you're counting previous seasons too :/
He was also only worth £50m odd according to you
