The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC thread - #DankeJürgen

[trileacman]

Countinho must be forcing the issue. I think people are being a bit hard on the club. I can't imagine at the start of the window the board said "oh f**k yes let's sell him now".

[manfromdelmonte]

he has basically paid €15 million himself to leave LFC

[TabClear]

Countinho must be forcing the issue. I think people are being a bit hard on the club. I can't imagine at the start of the window the board said "oh f**k yes let's sell him now".

I think that as well but I can't understand why Couthino would be? I'm sure he wiuld have played more for Liverpool than  Barca over the next few months which in a World Cup year you think would appeal? Yes he will likely get a la liga  medal but will have to sit out the Champion League?

[JoG2]

Countinho must be forcing the issue. I think people are being a bit hard on the club. I can't imagine at the start of the window the board said "oh f**k yes let's sell him now".

It just epitomises the absolute lunacy of the game. A club sells a euro tied player (a move that will have serious implications on the rest of Liverpool's season) to one of the only 2 non selling clubs in the world who don't need him at this point in their season. PC was central to Liverpool's champions league campaign. Be interesting to see if the wheels don't come off.

[laoislad]

Countinho must be forcing the issue. I think people are being a bit hard on the club. I can't imagine at the start of the window the board said "oh f**k yes let's sell him now".

It just epitomises the absolute lunacy of the game. A club sells a euro tied player (a move that will have serious implications on the rest of Liverpool's season) to one of the only 2 non selling clubs in the world who don't need him at this point in their season. PC was central to Liverpool's champions league campaign. Be interesting to see if the wheels don't come off.

While he will be a loss he isn't as big a loss as say Suarez was.
I can't see the wheels coming off that much to be honest.

[GJL]

Countinho must be forcing the issue. I think people are being a bit hard on the club. I can't imagine at the start of the window the board said "oh f**k yes let's sell him now".

I think that as well but I can't understand why Couthino would be? I'm sure he wiuld have played more for Liverpool than  Barca over the next few months which in a World Cup year you think would appeal? Yes he will likely get a la liga  medal but will have to sit out the Champion League?

He is probably doubling his wages plus at this stage it is evident that Liverpool are unlikely to win anything so it's understandable that he is off to the sun where he will likely pick up a medal or 2 at the end of the season.

[trileacman]

Countinho must be forcing the issue. I think people are being a bit hard on the club. I can't imagine at the start of the window the board said "oh f**k yes let's sell him now".

It just epitomises the absolute lunacy of the game. A club sells a euro tied player (a move that will have serious implications on the rest of Liverpool's season) to one of the only 2 non selling clubs in the world who don't need him at this point in their season. PC was central to Liverpool's champions league campaign. Be interesting to see if the wheels don't come off.

While he will be a loss he isn't as big a loss as say Suarez was.
I can't see the wheels coming off that much to be honest.

I can.

On countinho when you want to leave a job you want to leave. They obviously stalled him in the summer somehow but I'd say he wishes he'd have went on then and was counting the days until he could leave since.

[J70]

Firmino continued to mouth after the Son of a whore comment. Holgate only reacted after the second set of verbals. So either Firmino said something, or Holgate thought he did. The ref was closer to Firmino than Holgate was, so if something was said in English, surely he'd have heard it? If it was said in Portuguese, I'm not sure Holgate would have understood it.

If he said something racist, he deserves to be banned. I can't see how he could have, given the proximity of the ref and the other players.

If he did, he's an idiot considering a) he's darker than Holgate (!) and b) his team mates last night included Gomez, TAA, Van Dijk, Matip, Gigi, Mane, and Oxlade Chamberlain.

Footballers are stupid, but that would take a special kind of stupid. I can't see it.

Obviously very stupid if he did, but he was clearly very pissed off after being launched into the crowd. People do and say stupid things they don't mean and later regret in the heat of the moment. Hopefully it didn't involve racist abuse ( which would be surprising given his own circumstances, where he is from, and the people he plays and mixes with), but if it did, he'll have to pay the penalty. But given how many were there, including the ref, I'm skeptical, but we'll see what happens. Hopefully for both their sakes it was a language misunderstanding.

[J70]

Countinho must be forcing the issue. I think people are being a bit hard on the club. I can't imagine at the start of the window the board said "oh f**k yes let's sell him now".

It just epitomises the absolute lunacy of the game. A club sells a euro tied player (a move that will have serious implications on the rest of Liverpool's season) to one of the only 2 non selling clubs in the world who don't need him at this point in their season. PC was central to Liverpool's champions league campaign. Be interesting to see if the wheels don't come off.

While he will be a loss he isn't as big a loss as say Suarez was.
I can't see the wheels coming off that much to be honest.

Maybe not, but Coutinho is often the difference maker for Liverpool in tight games. His genius and ability to create something out of nothing in tight spaces 30 yards out will not be easily replaced.

[gawa316]

Just don't get the sense in this at all...why play billy big balls in the summer to just bend over and take it up the arse now? Even if we do spend the money, whose to say the players brought in will hit the ground running...

[Syferus]

Just don't get the sense in this at all...why play billy big balls in the summer to just bend over and take it up the arse now? Even if we do spend the money, whose to say the players brought in will hit the ground running...

The player usually wins no matter how hardline the gesturing by the selling club is. Even Barca themselves learnt that in spectacular fashion last summer.

[manfromdelmonte]

Coutinho all set to be the first player since 1990 to play for Liverpool and also win a league title in the same season.

[StGallsGAA]

Countinho must be forcing the issue. I think people are being a bit hard on the club. I can't imagine at the start of the window the board said "oh f**k yes let's sell him now".

It just epitomises the absolute lunacy of the game. A club sells a euro tied player (a move that will have serious implications on the rest of Liverpool's season) to one of the only 2 non selling clubs in the world who don't need him at this point in their season. PC was central to Liverpool's champions league campaign. Be interesting to see if the wheels don't come off.

While he will be a loss he isn't as big a loss as say Suarez was.
I can't see the wheels coming off that much to be honest.

Every time that Liverpool's been lucky enough to get their hands on top talent they've jumped ship the minute a big club came calling.  Torres, Mascherano,  Suarez and now Coutinho.   

[laoislad]

Just don't get the sense in this at all...why play billy big balls in the summer to just bend over and take it up the arse now? Even if we do spend the money, whose to say the players brought in will hit the ground running...

Joke will be on him when Liverpool beat Barca in Champions league final in May 

[manfromdelmonte]

a modern day Lennon breaking up the fab four
what happens when Real coming calling for Salah?