Chimaera
same ol' Caps
I'll go against grain and say that I would consider taking Coutinho back. I think he's being severely underrated, and if not for how he left, taking him for pennies on the dollar would be a good move for any big club.
He might not completely fit what Liverpool want to do, but he's a gifted footballer who Klopp knows how to get something out of (even when he didn't want to be here). He offers more than any other player they have from the midfield offensively at this stage, and until Keita develops more, he would continue to offer outside shots that they don't have. Some of that might be predicated on how hard he works, but I think if his beloved club jettison him for cheap, he's going to be a prideful player bound to show he cares. His addition would give them another weapon at their disposal and a way to breakdown some clubs. Some of it would depend on cost for me, but 65-70? Eh, I could be talked into it. He's only going to be 27 shortly. He does a lot of what Fekir would have done, but with that knee thing or the busted transfer, that ship has fully sailed.
Now, I think the ship has sailed for the club and the manager on Coutinho, and I don't think either of them want him back, but if I'm Coutinho's people, and I knew I had to go, you never know, Klopp is sometimes about forgiveness and the reclamation project. If I'm Coutinho, you maybe happen to visit Bobby Firmino at Melwood and drop by the bosses office. Maybe you run into him in Madrid after the CL. Maybe when he's smoking on a beach in Ibiza, you just happen to be in the cabana next to it. Maybe you call him and say, hey, congrats on the season. See where it goes. Liverpool is where he would be most successful, unless City want him.
He might not completely fit what Liverpool want to do, but he's a gifted footballer who Klopp knows how to get something out of (even when he didn't want to be here). He offers more than any other player they have from the midfield offensively at this stage, and until Keita develops more, he would continue to offer outside shots that they don't have. Some of that might be predicated on how hard he works, but I think if his beloved club jettison him for cheap, he's going to be a prideful player bound to show he cares. His addition would give them another weapon at their disposal and a way to breakdown some clubs. Some of it would depend on cost for me, but 65-70? Eh, I could be talked into it. He's only going to be 27 shortly. He does a lot of what Fekir would have done, but with that knee thing or the busted transfer, that ship has fully sailed.
Now, I think the ship has sailed for the club and the manager on Coutinho, and I don't think either of them want him back, but if I'm Coutinho's people, and I knew I had to go, you never know, Klopp is sometimes about forgiveness and the reclamation project. If I'm Coutinho, you maybe happen to visit Bobby Firmino at Melwood and drop by the bosses office. Maybe you run into him in Madrid after the CL. Maybe when he's smoking on a beach in Ibiza, you just happen to be in the cabana next to it. Maybe you call him and say, hey, congrats on the season. See where it goes. Liverpool is where he would be most successful, unless City want him.