Philippe Coutinho

[Rich]

Five years at Anfield, plenty of special moments, a monster transfer fee. Let’s just draw a line and look forward.

[Shaggy]

Move the thread lads

[peekay]

I don't really understand this grievance that a lot of fans have. Most footballers get a lot of grief for being mercenaries and selfish ****ers. Coutinho though seems to be putting his family and quality of life ahead of personal gain, in the sense he has a (outside) chance of CL glory with us and also seems willing to take a financial hit (if some reports are to believed). Yes, we can all argue that he could make the same move this summer, but from his perspective, anything could happen before then and if he has the opportunity to make it happen now, then understandably he's willing to do that.

His attitude since he joined us has always been top drawer and even after missing out on his 'dream move' this summer, he still gave everything on the pitch, so I'm not totally in agreement that he suddenly a 'cunt', or whatever else fans are comfortable labelling him now.

Except it wasn't. "Injuries" during August during a crucial CL qualifier. Immediately heals and is available to play for Brazil. Injuries again ass soon as the January transfer window opens. NOt playing for a club which is paying you more than 100K per week is an asshole move.

[Shaggy]

[ame]https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/949718631805542402[/ame]

FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of Philippe Coutinho. The player will sign a contract for the remainder of the season and five more, and will have a buyout clause of 400 million euros. In the next hours we will inform you of the details of the player's arrival and presentation.

[Snigger]

According to Guillaume Ballbag Barca need to sell 8 players to fund Coutinho

[Shaggy]

[ame]https://twitter.com/JohnBennettBBC/status/949719051424681985[/ame]

[Lecter]

https://twitter.com/LFC/status/949717326651379712

No goodbye well wishes

[Shaggy]

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/286595-liverpool-fc-statement-coutinho-to-leave-lfc

Jürgen Klopp offered his reaction to the news Liverpool Football Club have today reached an agreement with FC Barcelona for the transfer of Philippe Coutinho, subject to the player passing a medical and agreeing personal terms with the La Liga side.

He told Liverpoolfc.com: “It is with great reluctance that we – as a team and club – prepare to say farewell to a good friend, a wonderful person and a fantastic player in Philippe Coutinho.

“It is no secret that Philippe has wanted this move to happen since July, when Barcelona first made their interest known.

“Philippe was insistent with me, the owners and even his teammates this was a move he was desperate to make happen.

“Despite that, we managed to keep the player here beyond the summer window, hoping that we would be able to persuade him to stay and be part of what we are looking to do.

“I can tell the Liverpool supporters that we, as a club, have done everything within our means to convince Philippe that remaining part of LFC was as attractive as moving to Spain, but he is 100 per cent certain his future – and that of his family – belongs at Barcelona. It is his dream and I am now convinced there is nothing left at our disposal to change his mind.

“Philippe has made a fantastic contribution to this club over his five years of service and as disappointed as we are he doesn’t want to extend that, the relationship we have for him means with a heavy heart we wish him well.

“The player remained dedicated and committed to helping us win matches, producing good performances and training hard each day at Melwood after the summer window had closed, despite failing to convince us to allow him to leave during that period and that level of professionalism reflects positively on him.

“Of course, it is totally understandable that supporters will be disappointed; this is always the case when you have to say goodbye to someone special. But, as hard as it is sometimes to accept, it is part of life and part of football – individuals have their own dreams and their own goals and objectives in life.

“Players will come and players will go, that is football, but as a club we are big enough and strong enough to continue with our aggressive progression on the pitch, even when we lose an important player. We have never been in a better position in recent times, as a club, to react in the right way. We will use our size and strength to absorb moments like this and still move forward.

“I have been here long enough now to know in the history of Liverpool, key players have left before – but the club always goes on. You cannot transfer the heart and soul of Liverpool Football Club, although I am sure there are many clubs who would like to buy it.

“I have so much belief in the talent we have here already and even more faith, together with our owners, that we will make continued investment into the playing squad, which will allow more growth and more improvement.

“So as we bid farewell to Philippe, we continue on our path of progress and development as we work towards our common goal of bringing trophies back to Anfield.”

[Rich]

https://twitter.com/JohnBennettBBC/s...19051424681985

Klopp speaking sense as always. Good luck Phil, hope we win the CL this season.

[peekay]

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/firs...o-to-leave-lfc

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant statement from Klopp that. So glad to have him as our manager

[gratziani]

Klopp speaking sense as always. Good luck Phil, hope we win the CL this season.

Klopp

[microbe]

A real pity he could not wait until the Summer like Suarez did. We will miss his creativity but will benefit defensively from VVD arriving with the money we have got.

I am old enough to remember feeling this way when Rush went to Juventus but I don't expect to feel the joy I did when he returned

[Shaggy]

Cunts

[ame]https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/949717327108481024[/ame]

[Tatterdemalion]

Except it wasn't. "Injuries" during August during a crucial CL qualifier. Immediately heals and is available to play for Brazil. Injuries again ass soon as the January transfer window opens. NOt playing for a club which is paying you more than 100K per week is an asshole move.

But we don't know whether it was the player who decided to do this or the club. If you're potentially going to sell a very expensive asset, you don't put it at risk just before the potential sale.

[Le Chef]

I must have missed it.

Edit. Yep.

Thanks - Will take your massive apology in the gusto it was delivered --