Philippe Coutinho Post-LFC

[lickedlollipop]

Probably good move for him, he is never gonna make it in Farça. Easily one of the biggest flops in the history of football transfers. He's gonna probably end in Turkey

[Norbs]

He'll go to China for the money, he's got a weak face like Oscar

[Corndog]

I don't think we did rinse them. They paid market value, Coutinho is one of the best players on the planet period.

He will show this again at FC Bayern.

[rodo]

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[Cormack74]

How does he get to that figure if the loan fee was "only" €8.5m? (Quoting Nev's earlier post).

[Liverpool]

How does he get to that figure if the loan fee was "only" €8.5m? (Quoting Nev's earlier post).

That was the fee Bayern paid after the English window closed, Barca chanced their arm with prem clubs before that.

[labourRed]

That was the fee Bayern paid after the English window closed, Barca chanced their arm with prem clubs before that.

yeah. It seems they asked double from prem clubs and then halved it for the rest of Europe.

That early window for the PL needs to stop.

[Irishnev]

How does he get to that figure if the loan fee was "only" €8.5m? (Quoting Nev's earlier post).

They tried to shaft EPL clubs

[Norbs]

Slimy ******s

[Cormack74]

That was the fee Bayern paid after the English window closed, Barca chanced their arm with prem clubs before that.

yeah. It seems they asked double from prem clubs and then halved it for the rest of Europe.

That early window for the PL needs to stop.

They tried to shaft EPL clubs

Ah fair enough. At ease now lads

[gratziani]

144 million or whatever it was , and missed out on 2 champions league finals.

Can't believe he was a flop at Barca either, thought he would tear it up.

[Buzzo]

144 million or whatever it was , and missed out on 2 champions league finals.

Can't believe he was a flop at Barca either, thought he would tear it up.

If you go to Barca as a big signing it’s always going to be tricky to figure out how you fit in alongside Messi.

You could say the same of Dembele. Big signing and he’s done **** all. Suarez managed to forge a path, but even then I’m sure he struggled first couple of months until they changed formation.

How do you justify the third biggest transfer fee of all time when you know you aren’t the star player in the team? Tricky.

[gratziani]

If you go to Barca as a big signing it’s always going to be tricky to figure out how you fit in alongside Messi.

You could say the same of Dembele. Big signing and he’s done **** all. Suarez managed to forge a path, but even then I’m sure he struggled first couple of months until they changed formation.

How do you justify the third biggest transfer fee of all time when you know you aren’t the star player in the team? Tricky.

250 Million for Dembele and Coutinho and not even starters lol

recruitment is **** for Barca , unlike us under Klopp

[Zapater]

I don't think that 21 goals and 12 assists in all comps is a terrible return statistically for him in 72 games. But it just didn't look right. It's the same as Zlatan, on paper at Barca he was fine, but it didn't quite click on the pitch. I'm not sure of his goal return, but it was better than 1 in 2 and everyone said he was **** and a flop. They also won the league both times, people are really fickle though.

Regardless, Coutinho is a great player and regardless of what people feel toward him in a personal capacity doesn't change that. We did well to get the fee we did, but as I've said before, would definitely take him back if the conditions were right.

[Irishnev]

I don't think that 21 goals and 12 assists in all comps is a terrible return statistically for him in 72 games. But it just didn't look right. It's the same as Zlatan, on paper at Barca he was fine, but it didn't quite click on the pitch. I'm not sure of his goal return, but it was better than 1 in 2 and everyone said he was **** and a flop. They also won the league both times, people are really fickle though.

Regardless, Coutinho is a great player and regardless of what people feel toward him in a personal capacity doesn't change that. We did well to get the fee we did, but as I've said before, would definitely take him back if the conditions were right.

Yep

Barca is all about getting the best from Messi and if you can't fit that model you are ****ed. Many big players have bombed -Phil and Zlatan + others have felt the need to go solo Neymar.

Barca's biggest problem is La Masia is not producing the right calibre of player. Messi Pique and Busquests are the only regulars with Roberto playing a bit part. In the past they had to supplement 7/8 first teamers with a couple of stars which they typically recruited well. Now they need to buy full sides and many of those can't integrate with Messi.

When he finally retires they'll be half the side they are now.