22 Aug 2017 14:50:37
I’m getting confident that Coutinho will be a Liverpool player on Sept 1st and, despite having mixed feelings about the whole situation, I'll admit I’m mostly pleased. I know there are a lot of fans who have already decided he’s a villain and will now need to readjust their opinions again but I think the calls for him to apologise are unnecessary. Coutinho has never claimed undying loyalty to Liverpool, it has never been a secret that he wants to play for Barcelona, the back injury was (certainly at the beginning) genuine and putting a transfer request is supposed to be the honourable way to leave a club, not something worthy of scorn. I don’t think he’s betrayed our trust in any way. Nor do I blame him for the timing of Barelona’s bid or the deal they offered us. I wish the rumours hadn’t been leaked but I suspect that was done with minimal to no involvement from Couts.
Whilst I don’t think he should apologise what would be appreciated however is a statement looking to build bridges, he doesn’t need to renounce his desire to play for Barcelona just reassure us that, as long as he wears a Liverpool shirt, he will work his socks off for the team. I don’t want my footballing heroes to be liars, I don’t want them to pretend they had Liverpool PJs when they were kids or that they model their game on Emelyn Hughes, I don’t need them to swear that playing for Liverpool is the pinnacle of their careers, all I need from them is to give their all during their time at the club and, as long as Couts does that, I will remain a huge fan of the little magician.
22 Aug 2017 15:13:11
good post Putney.
22 Aug 2017 15:53:52
Offer him to Madrid for €40mil 😂.
22 Aug 2017 14:57:27
My thoughts precisely mate. People need to start being a little less dramatic.
22 Aug 2017 15:01:34
Well said.
22 Aug 2017 16:34:43
Us Football fans are fickle. He wanted to move to Barcelona and who can blame him. The move isn't happening and as long as he puts in the effort on the pitch and produces the kind of form he is capable of then fans will be singing his name soon enough.
{Ed025's Note - i believe thats true jayden..
22 Aug 2017 19:20:49
Spot on, Putney. People need to be able to separate the emotion of being a fan from the business reality of the game as emotions can blind you from making wise, practical and rational decisions.
Cou wants to go to Barca, no problem. However, his agent and Barcelona (IMO) people conned him into kicking up all types of dust so he could force the move himself and make himself a pariah to the club and the fans so we would just get rid and avoid the drama. But that backfired as Barcelona wanted him on the cheap and if LFC wasn't going to sell before, they definitely were not selling after that pathetic bid they put in on Fri.
Cou prolly then realized that he got played into turning on LFC, which I always knew cos we know Cou and he simply does not have that in him. All in all, he's still our player and tho he messed up, football is football and we need him as much as he needs us so we should put all this to bed and we should help him sort his head outand get him fit so he can punish Arsenal and City, like he always does.