Coutinho

[stressederic]

You'd think so. Barca don't need him now and it means he can't play in the Champions League, which you think he might want to do.

 

Maybe, they're expecting another transfer ban.

 

I'm wondering that myself.

[Boca]

It's going to be €150m as well isn't it? Almost all the reports in the last few days mentioned £133m as an amount the club would find acceptable, which just so happens to convert to €150m.

[Red Yoda]

It's going to be €150m as well isn't it? Almost all the reports in the last few days mentioned £133m as an amount the club would find acceptable, which just so happens to convert to €150m.

That seems to be the end game.

[RP]

It's going to be €150m as well isn't it? Almost all the reports in the last few days mentioned £133m as an amount the club would find acceptable, which just so happens to convert to €150m.

 

 

You think that might just be driven from the opposite way round? They report £133mil as their target audience might struggle to get their heads around EUR150mil - they're dumbing it down.

[Hus]

Its spin from the FSG boys - look we got 150 vs 133 etc etc

 

Its £133 including addons.

Edited January 4, 2018 by Hus

[Bailo]

How much did Dembele go for?

[muleskinner]

Would laugh if he got a Dembele type injury first game for them.

[Maldini]

Mad how VVD and Lemar's fees jumped by £20/25m in 6 months despite both playing poorly while Coutinho who is in the form of his life's fee is still the same. If we are to sell we should be looking for Neymar money. He's in that class now and he will only get better. I think if we let him go for £130m it'll look really cheap in a couple of years. He's about to become one of the very best players in the world and we're talking about paying £90m for a 20-year-old to replace him.

[RP]

Would laugh if he got a Dembele type injury first game for them.

 

 

Wouldn't that potentially impact our fee (adds-on)?

[Boca]

How much did Dembele go for?

 

This is what was reported at the time -

 

Barca will pay an initial fee of €105 million, and Dortmund confirmed that add-ons could see the fee rise by 40 percent -- taking the deal to a potential €147m.

Mad how VVD and Lemar's fees jumped by £20/25m in 6 months despite both playing poorly while Coutinho who is in the form of his life's fee is still the same. If we are to sell we should be looking for Neymar money. He's in that class now and he will only get better. I think if we let him go for £130m it'll look really cheap in a couple of years. He's about to become one of the very best players in the world and we're talking about paying £90m for a 20-year-old to replace him.

 

It's almost as if it was all agreed in the summer

[Hassony]

I doubt players care about the 'emptiness' of medals. They get to the end of their career and count em up - there are no footnotes in the record books.

 

He wants to go now - let him go. I suspect we promised him something along those lines in August, but we'll never know.

I wasn't being serious, like the old saying, a medal in the hand is worth 2 in the bush

[Bailo]

It's almost as if it was all agreed in the summer

Keep seeing this but what advantage would it give us to get just half the season more out of him? Can understand if it was all agreed for the summer but to move now is strange.

 

The most plausible explanation is the Barca media are playing this up, Phil & Joorabchian are playing along as well, on instructions from Barca's hierarchy to drive down the price because they can't afford our asking price. Possibly another transfer ban coming might explain the haste, especially as I'm sure Fifa would let them know on the qt ahead of time.

[Martinus]

This is what was reported at the time -

 

Barca will pay an initial fee of €105 million, and Dortmund confirmed that add-ons could see the fee rise by 40 percent -- taking the deal to a potential €147m.

 

 

It's almost as if it was all agreed in the summer

Which is odd if true as if Lemar is the replacement it leaves us short in the Champs league.

[Dan]

Selling your best player half way through a season when there’s loads to play for is so f***ing stupid.

[Boca]

Keep seeing this but what advantage would it give us to get just half the season more out of him? Can understand if it was all agreed for the summer but to move now is strange.

 

The most plausible explanation is the Barca media are playing this up, Phil & Joorabchian are playing along as well, on instructions from Barca's hierarchy to drive down the price because they can't afford our asking price. Possibly another transfer ban coming might explain the haste, especially as I'm sure Fifa would let them know on the qt ahead of time.

 

I don't think it was agreed in the summer either but it is a bit odd that most of the info seems to be coming from our side this week.

[Bogman]

Selling your best player half way through a season when there’s loads to play for is so f***ing stupid.

 

 

I don't think it was agreed in the summer either but it is a bit odd that most of the info seems to be coming from our side this week.

 

 

Yes and yes.

[Earl Hafler]

Keep seeing this but what advantage would it give us to get just half the season more out of him? Can understand if it was all agreed for the summer but to move now is strange.

The most plausible explanation is the Barca media are playing this up, Phil & Joorabchian are playing along as well, on instructions from Barca's hierarchy to drive down the price because they can't afford our asking price. Possibly another transfer ban coming might explain the haste, especially as I'm sure Fifa would let them know on the qt ahead of time.

What advantage ? Progress from the CL group stages, help retain a top four place in the league, allow time for Salah to settle in, Lallana’s recovery from injury. Several reasons for both FSG and Klopp to delay the transfer. Edited January 4, 2018 by Earl Hafler

[Tommy Cockles]

FFS I am so bored of this already

[Kid Klopp]

It's weird that we aren't able to agree a fee for the summer.  The downsides aren't that big for either of barca or coutinho and the downside for us potentially quite big.

[Maldini]

Melissa Reddy saying it's pretty much done, reads like she's getting her into from Kia Joorabchian

 

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/coutinho-closes-in-on-sealing-record-barcelona-transfer-from/l81wv45i1nqn1hbjvbhisi677?__twitter_impression=true

[jimmylibel]

Melissa Reddy -

 

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/coutinho-closes-in-on-sealing-record-barcelona-transfer-from/l81wv45i1nqn1hbjvbhisi677

 

Barcelona are finalising an offer in excess of €150 million to secure Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool, which would make him the third-most expensive footballer in the world and their record signing.

 

There was a possibility of doing an advanced deal now ahead of 2018-19, but Barca and the 25-year-old are insistent on an immediate transfer.

 

So f-ing what? They can wait. 

 

Can't believe the club is spinning this now as being out of our hands.

[Tones]

So f-ing what? They can wait.

 

Can't believe the club is spinning this now as being out of our hands.

Aye. Tell them to f*** off.

[Bogman]

Awful timing as usual.

 

Lets see where we go if this happens. Will be the litmus test. 

I've been more than happy with what FSG have done, but this could tell us where they are with us.

[Martinus]

I also think there is a good chance they will hide behind Lallana's return to fitness as justification we don't need to replace Coutinho until the summer.

[Tobes Rafa]

There has been a lot of talk about alternatives once he goes, with Sanchez' name cropping up. Watching the game last night, surely Ozil would me more of a direct replacement for Coutinho. He has off days but when he's on it, he's bloody on it. I would have more off days than on, playing for Arsene.