Philippe Coutinho Post-LFC

[Assassin]

He's absolute quality, the fact he hasn't been great playing completely out of position at a very weird-vibe Barca team means nothing to me. Would still be the best midfielder at the club.
The fact that he's a sleazy liar rat is more of a problem though. Don't know if we could trust him not to pull the same **** and try to force a move to City or whatever two years after his return.

But we've been after quite a few players who've done the same to other clubs, so...

A three toed sloth is more dynamic than Coutinho. Ok, he offers something from free kicks but we are well covered in that area

[Norbs]

He's absolute quality, the fact he hasn't been great playing completely out of position at a very weird-vibe Barca team means nothing to me. Would still be the best midfielder at the club.
The fact that he's a sleazy liar rat is more of a problem though. Don't know if we could trust him not to pull the same **** and try to force a move to City or whatever two years after his return.

But we've been after quite a few players who've done the same to other clubs, so...

Buy for £8m, sell for £140m, buy for £70m, sell for £140m

He's a cash cow

[Shaggy]

He's absolute quality, the fact he hasn't been great playing completely out of position at a very weird-vibe Barca team means nothing to me. Would still be the best midfielder at the club.
The fact that he's a sleazy liar rat is more of a problem though. Don't know if we could trust him not to pull the same **** and try to force a move to City or whatever two years after his return.

But we've been after quite a few players who've done the same to other clubs, so...

Exactly, Virgil did more or less the same to Southampton. Who cares.

[Exiled_red]

Probably not a popular view but if we could nab him back for about £70m I'd bring him back. He'd play less than before, cos we're more solid and more productive points / wins wise without him, but if he did come back he'd slot straight back in, no upheaval or dramas, everyone knows him, he's well liked, he knows us and how we play etc.

I'm not normally big on 'going back' but I think I'd prefer him than gambling on someone like Bruno Fernandes or whoever. Could be a seamless move, and it's easy to forget how good he was for us.

I think for £70m and coming in as primarily an attacking midfielder and as an back up to Mane on the left from time to time it's a good option. I don't really like him as one of the forwards but playing an attacking midfield role playing through balls to Mane and Salah would be great, not to mention the ability to add goals from outside the box.

Unfortunately I think that he would go for over £70m probably to PSG or Chelsea/Man Utd

[danperkins]

Nailed on for PSG imo

[Fosterbloke]

He can **** about with Neymar.

[baitman]

He can **** about with Neymar.

Like a ****ing loser he moves to be with neymar, but neymar ****s of from barca

And same will happen if he ges to psg

[gratziani]

Exactly, Virgil did more or less the same to Southampton. Who cares.

He was brilliant for us in the last two seasons and for 70 million that is a bargain if you forget all the other stuff

[Assassin]

He was brilliant for us in the last two seasons and for 70 million that is a bargain if you forget all the other stuff

Like the eternal 'I want to move' bad back?

**** him. We are infinately better without him

[Fuzzy]

Like the eternal 'I want to move' bad back?

**** him. We are infinately better without him

We're obviously better because of Van Dijk, Alisson and Fabinho, not because of him not being here. Even Robertson only started getting games in December before Coutinho left. Our midfield still cries for a creative player with lots of end product, and that's exactly what Coutinho was for us. He was honestly worth £140m here.

As for the bad back thing, I hate him for it and it's why I don't want us to sign him. But the truth is we have signed or tried to sign a few players with bad backs over the years and nobody cared. One and only single difference between them and Coutinho is that they haven't done it to us, but they're the same people.

[gratziani]

I get the hate for him for sure but we need another Midfielder / attacking player and dont see anyone who is as good as him

IF Klopp wants him then am happy for it to happen, If he wants another player will be happy as well.

[Fosterbloke]

Guedes looks pretty bloody handy

[Maxiedge]

Been thinking about this and we need a top player to rotate with Firmino/Mane more importantly than Mane/LCM

So for me, the ideal player would be Timo Werner.

[Assassin]

We're obviously better because of Van Dijk, Alisson and Fabinho, not because of him not being here. Even Robertson only started getting games in December before Coutinho left. Our midfield still cries for a creative player with lots of end product, and that's exactly what Coutinho was for us. He was honestly worth £140m here.

As for the bad back thing, I hate him for it and it's why I don't want us to sign him. But the truth is we have signed or tried to sign a few players with bad backs over the years and nobody cared. One and only single difference between them and Coutinho is that they haven't done it to us, but they're the same people.

If you just look at Coutinho in isolation, forget the other players coming in

Coutinho always needed too much time on the ball
Coutinho always slowed down our counter attacks
Coutinho did not have the engine or the work ethic to function as a pressing player

These are the main reasons we are better without him

[Kenneth]

he does have plenty of quality but these issues limit his suitability for us and it wouldn't be a good use of 70-100m quid.