And then we spend 40 million on Mane.
I'd sell for the reported fee of 46m
And then we spend 40 million on Mane.
Why would Southampton sell him for that?God I hope not. 20 mill fine, but 40 mill. Nope.
What crap? It was confirmed by the Echo aswell. 3 clubs have shown an interest.
Don't reporters try to form relationships with agents?How does the echo or even the club know if as the tweet stated they are yet to contact LFC. Unless PSG, barca and the like call journos to let them know before the club of course.
And how does he know it's only 3 clubs. I'm interested in signing coutinho for my work team and I'm yet to contact LFC. Does that make it 4? Maybe I should call Paul Joyce.
He could be our Mane man
Don't reporters try to form relationships with agents?
That would be the only realistic source of info in this case.
I'm just gonna boo you on principle.He could be our Mane man
I'd take 40m every single day for him.
Coutinho is a good player @mark1975 is he as influential and consistent as Mascher, Alonso, Suarez, Torres, owen et al we've sold in the past decade plus? No, no he isn't.
He's far more replaceable than any others I asume you're referring to and im not convinced he's going to get any better, so if £40m is his peak value then you'd imagine we should take it
How does the echo or even the club know if as the tweet stated they are yet to contact LFC. Unless PSG, barca and the like call journos to let them know before the club of course.
And how does he know it's only 3 clubs. I'm interested in signing coutinho for my work team and I'm yet to contact LFC. Does that make it 4? Maybe I should call Paul Joyce.
But he's one of our best at the moment. You sell genuinely to upgrade. Experience has shown that whenever we have sold we haven't done the second part at all brilliantly. I'm utterly underwhelmed by our reported interest in Mane-- our penchant for over-paying for something similar to or arguably worse than what we already (they always look better over there, don't they?) have is why have frequently ended up competing for league position with these same teams from whom we poach their allegedly best players. Hopefully this is his agent (i.e. both players) angling for a better deal.Coutinho is a good player @mark1975 is he as influential and consistent as Mascher, Alonso, Suarez, Torres, owen et al we've sold in the past decade plus? No, no he isn't.
He's far more replaceable than any others I asume you're referring to and im not convinced he's going to get any better, so if £40m is his peak value then you'd imagine we should take it
One of our best players individually, before he started to enjoy cutting in and shooting all the time instead of playing others in. But how important is he for the team as a unit?
I think his importance is overestimated.
So for the sake of 15m quid youre going to go from "Build a side around him" (so fundamentally altering the medium-term plans of the whole club), to ramming him out of the door quick-sharp???I'd rather we bought quality to build around coutinho than sell him personally. But if an offer of £60m came in i'd take it. Wouldn't sell him for £45m.
As long as that's pounds, not euros.
I said at the end of the season that he really needs to prove himself beyond doubt next time around. He HAS to show he can dominate big games, regularly, from start to finish. He's no longer a kid. He's heading towards his peak years, and he needs to play like it.
I mean Coutinho should be our dominant presence during those big games. I don't mean he needs to do dramatic things all the time, but certainly in this squad, with his reputation, he should be the one who runs things in big games. Silva doesn't need to in that City team, at its best - they're spoilt for choice - but he could easily be the major player in a lesser team, and he'd have to be. You can't give a player like Coutinho the licence he gets if he's going to go missing. When that happens the whole team starts to lose coherence. If he's the player who pulls the strings, then he needs to pull the strings, not leave them limp when he doesn't fancy it.