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Liverpool are crazy about Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes and have a chance of landing him as part of Philippe Coutinho’s move in the opposite direction, according to Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo.

Brazil international Coutinho, aged 25, looks increasingly likely to move to Camp Nou after emerged that he is would like to make an amicable move to Camp Nou and that he has dropped his work-rate in training in an effort to seal his move. Barca coach Ernesto Valverde is said to be keen to keep hold of Gomes, but the Catalan giants will have a decision to make if the Reds try to make landing the 24-year-old a condition of the Coutinho deal.

Gomes has been at Barcelona for one season since moving from Valencia in a deal worth €35m, plus €20m in add-ons. He made 47 appearances in 2016/17, of which 30 came in La Liga, and scored three goals.
He had previously spent two seasons with Valancia, who he joined from Benfica.

People close to the club like Pearce have already said we couldn't be less interested in Andre Gomes. For good reason.
 
We've reached the point now where the Wikipedia notion of 'verification' - viz. if enough daft people say 2+2 is 5, then 5 is a 'proper' answer - has infiltrated football. Some idiot, covered in crisps, stares blankly at NewsNow, sees a new report, tweets it, then other people, similarly covered in crisps, also tweet it, and it's announced as almost certainly true because loads of blokes, covered in crisps, have now tweeted it. Blimey.
 
I usually follow this guide with regards to credability:

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Yep hopefully I fucked up big time and it's just ESPN doing my head in, exacerbated by Coutinho's back injury.

If that's the case either bin this thread or keep it for laughs ! I'll be delighted if it's the later because he's staying.

Bookies still have him at 1/2 to Barca so if there was anything concrete the books would have been frozen.

*breathes*.
 
Well the slightly worrying thing about the ESPN report is the specificity regarding the fee:

Barcelona have reached an agreement with Liverpool to sign Philippe Coutinho after the Brazilian put pressure on the Premier League club to let him leave, sources close to the Catalan club told ESPN Deportes' Jordi Blanco.

Coutinho is set to join Barca for a base fee of €90 million (£81.6m), with bonuses that could bring the deal to €120m (£108.8m), as the Catalan club begin to spend the €222m they received from Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar last week.


Thats the kind of info the buying club would leak.
 
Ha Coutinho started following any barbers in Barcelona on twitter yet.
If he hasn't I reckon he's staying.
 
Well the slightly worrying thing about the ESPN report is the specificity regarding the fee:

Barcelona have reached an agreement with Liverpool to sign Philippe Coutinho after the Brazilian put pressure on the Premier League club to let him leave, sources close to the Catalan club told ESPN Deportes' Jordi Blanco.

Coutinho is set to join Barca for a base fee of €90 million (£81.6m), with bonuses that could bring the deal to €120m (£108.8m), as the Catalan club begin to spend the €222m they received from Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar last week.


Thats the kind of info the buying club would leak.
We've heard similarly precise sums in relation to Keita. The ESPN report says everything we need to know, that Catalan sources have told this to an ESPN reporter. This is the standard modus operandi, isn't it?
 
Well the slightly worrying thing about the ESPN report is the specificity regarding the fee:

Barcelona have reached an agreement with Liverpool to sign Philippe Coutinho after the Brazilian put pressure on the Premier League club to let him leave, sources close to the Catalan club told ESPN Deportes' Jordi Blanco.

Coutinho is set to join Barca for a base fee of €90 million (£81.6m), with bonuses that could bring the deal to €120m (£108.8m), as the Catalan club begin to spend the €222m they received from Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar last week.


Thats the kind of info the buying club would leak.

It's too much smoke in general. We had none of this with keita. Just the fucking firm turding on people's Twitter feed.
 
We've reached the point now where the Wikipedia notion of 'verification' - viz. if enough daft people say 2+2 is 5, then 5 is a 'proper' answer - has infiltrated football. Some idiot, covered in crisps, stares blankly at NewsNow, sees a new report, tweets it, then other people, similarly covered in crisps, also tweet it, and it's announced as almost certainly true because loads of blokes, covered in crisps, have now tweeted it. Blimey.
So Gary Lineker is the source?
 
We've heard similarly precise sums in relation to Keita. The ESPN report says everything we need to know, that Catalan sources have told this to an ESPN reporter. This is the standard modus operandi, isn't it?

Yeah, its pretty standard behavior from the Catalan press.
 
*Reads the headline and first page* WHAT? NO! WHAAAT!?

*reads 2nd and 3rd pages* aaaaand exhale.... I think I'll brew some chamomile tea to calm down.
 
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We've heard similarly precise sums in relation to Keita. The ESPN report says everything we need to know, that Catalan sources have told this to an ESPN reporter. This is the standard modus operandi, isn't it?

I don't recall any base fee plus add ons being mentioned for Keita, but i can't say i saw every report.
 
ESPN have Steve Nicol employed as a pundit. That alone should be enough to look away from these "reports".

Cant believe he was my favorite player growing up. The man talks some shite now.
 
Oh and if he goes, he goes.

With due respect to Ivan Drago.

But we must milk them for £100m plus.
 
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