2017/18 Transfers and Rumours

Indeed. My one source said he was acting all Mr Nice Guy for the public but behind the scenes, he was acting very <choose your word>. Liverpool wanted him only to leave at the end of the season but Coutinho wanted the move now.

Is he cup tied or does the champs league allow them to play after the group stages?
 
http://www.skysports.com/

BREAKING NEWS

Barcelona are close to concluding a deal worth £145m with Liverpool for the transfer of Philippe Coutinho, we understand.

Discussions between the two clubs have been underway for several weeks and both the fee and payment schedules have been agreed and a deal is close.

Coutinho will fly to Barcelona as soon as the deal is concluded, with a medical expected to be carried out on Monday.
 
Looks like either Lemar or Mahrez coming in the next few days.

Don't want selfish fakers at our club who think about themselves. We want player like van Dyke who fight for the club.

Can see the mancs trolling now :crylaugh:
 
Is he cup tied or does the champs league allow them to play after the group stages?

Yip he's cup tied in the UCL and Barca have wrapped up the league too, Jan signing makes no sense, but I bet ****inho is behind this
 
.
351646ed74bc74e89363a789261f4c6a.jpg
 
Done and dusted

LIVERPOOL STATEMENT

"Liverpool Football Club today issued the following statement regarding the future of Philippe Coutinho.

"Liverpool FC can confirm Philippe Coutinho will be leaving the club after a transfer agreement was reached with FC Barcelona, subject to medical and agreement of personal terms.

"The player now has permission to complete the usual formalities to conclude the transfer immediately."
 
Apparently Barcelona will have to sell like crazy (up to 8 players, potentially) and will not be able to make purchases like this in the future.
 
Klopp statement:

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.”

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/286597-jurgen-klopp-on-philippe-coutinho-transfer
 
Apparently Barcelona will have to sell like crazy (up to 8 players, potentially) and will not be able to make purchases like this in the future.
Robert Fernandez said that they don't have to sell many players, but there will be players that will be leaving anyway, which will clear their wage bill. So they are not forced to sell, but the players below will most likely be gone

Mascherano is going to China
Turan will leave (not playing at all, unhappy)
Delefeou will most likely leave permanently this time
Still question marks over Andre Gomes
Barca might sell Lucas Digne, as they have plenty of right backs.
 
Lol. They can't buy any more players. They wanted Griezmann incase Coutinho didn't happen.

It's already in the media they want Griezmann and he also wants to go there. Will be hard for you guys to persuade him even paying over the odds to go there and facing Moaninho :D
 
It's already in the media they want Griezmann and he also wants to go there. Will be hard for you guys to persuade him even paying over the odds to go there and facing Moaninho :D
Griezmann will most likely be signed at the end of the season, as they have not been impressed by Alacacer. Paco will probably leave to go back to Valencia
 
Griezmann will most likely be signed at the end of the season, as they have not been impressed by Alacacer. Paco will probably leave to go back to Valencia

Yip, the mancs wasting their time in players on players out of their depth :crylaugh:
You basically asking a world class player to play in a mid table team like Stoke and defend :D
 
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X