Football Leaks - Coutinho

[Rosco]

According to Der Spiegel’s leak, the emails show that the first offer for the 25-year-old – around £72m – was rejected on July 20, with Liverpool adding that the player was “not for sale at any price”.

Barca returned with a bid of £90m in early August at which point Michael Edwards, Liverpool’s sporting director, asked the La Liga club to “stop harassing Coutinho”.

I ask you amicably to stop harassing Coutinho publicly and privately. No amount of money will change our minds," the email claims via Der Spiegel.

The emails also show that Liverpool did not ask for £183m for Coutinho in the latter stages of the transfer window, as had been claimed.

The report adds that Coutinho would have received £101m across five years had he joined Barcelona.

Most of the above we've heard previously, but 400k a week being the agreed wage is new.

No wonder he wanted to go

 

[Red Bird]

Most of the above we've heard previously, but 400k a week being the agreed wage is new.

No wonder he wanted to go

I bet there were unrealistic add-ons

 

[juniormember]

So this theory that we had transfers lined up with Coutinho money in mind can finally be chucked out.
We never once contemplated selling him. Good.

 

[Fabio]

So this theory that we had transfers lined up with Coutinho money in mind can finally be chucked out.
We never once contemplated selling him. Good.

Leaks are normally excellent at giving a specific narrative

These don't necessarily provide absolute truth


And also, we still didn't spend THAT much, and were still weak in key areas.

 

[mark1975]

Leaks are normally excellent at giving a specific narrative

These don't necessarily provide absolute truth


And also, we still didn't spend THAT much, and were still weak in key areas.

But that's at least as much our own fault, we didn't really need to spend £40m on the Ox, I'm sure £40m could (with the right scouts) have bought a DM and Centre Half, even if they were only in the potential bracket, cf Robertson who is doing reasonably well so far.

 

[Fabio]

But that's at least as much our own fault, we didn't really need to spend £40m on the Ox, I'm sure £40m could (with the right scouts) have bought a DM and Centre Half, even if they were only in the potential bracket, cf Robertson who is doing reasonably well so far.

Oh I agree we misspent, but considering we're we're after van dijk for 70,something still doesn't add up

 

[Oliver Twist]

Lies. FSG wanted to sell him all along.

People on here told me so.

 

[Fabio]

Lies. FSG wanted to sell him all along.

People on here told me so.

Super contribution

 

[hmmmmm1]

The wages and agent fees would only have kicked in if the fee was less than 100 million.

 

[Mamma Mia]

He has a point, but it seems that all the posters who had the owners completely figured out have left the site.

 

[Oliver Twist]

Super contribution

And accurate.

 

[King Binny]

Meanwhile, Neymar "earns over an incredible £600,000 per week" according to this source (£32.7million-a-year, breaking down to around £88,000 per day). 🙄😱

 

[mark1975]

And accurate.

We don't need to buy attackers etc, because we don't need more goals. Yet we bought three. We can all do the oneupmanship bollocks.

 

[Oliver Twist]

We don't need to buy attackers etc, because we don't need more goals. Yet we bought three. We can all do the oneupmanship bollocks.

What you say, boy? I knows we were gonna buys attackers. Said that in March. Also knows, and said, Firmino would be our starting number 9 come 17/18. And ons and ons I could goes.

I'm not looking to play oneupmans, though, Marcus. That game is way too easy. I'm a just a callin' agenda driven idiots for bein' agenda driven idiots. FSG sux an' all.

Das it.

 

[Rosco]

Wow

Oliver is so cool

 

[Oliver Twist]

Appaz.