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Dribble said:
I would imagine LFC have spunked the Coutinho money on VVD - £75m & the obligation to buy Naby Keita - £70m.

I was talking to a deluded Dipper colleague last week, cos I thought summat was up when they bought VVD & said Coutinho needed a rest & then was injured. A football finance expert came on telly last Tuesday & said if LFC paid £75m for VVD & were committed to £70m for Keita, the only way they could afford it & avoid FFP sanctions was through player sales or a massive new sponsorship deal.

He said, there were no new sponsorship deals being mooted, so the logical thing was player sales & only Coutinho or several squad members being sold could possibly cover the cost of VVD & NK.

Southampton apparently blagged LFC & put it in the media that City had agreed a £75m deal with them & now just needed to agree personal terms with VVD, which panicked LFC into finally agreeing the £75m fee they refused to pay last season, to stop him going to City. Apparently City dropped out at £55m, so LFC got played in that respect. The £145m they'll get from FCB, is exactly what VVD & NK will cost them.

All in all, I think FCB have the player the badly wanted & LFC got 2 players who combined are of more use to them than just Coutinho.
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And you can factor in that they are losing a first team starter in Can for nothing. This means they have in effect swapped 2 players in, VVD and Keita for 2 players out, Coutinho and Can. Doesn`t sound that impressive now.
 
zandvoort blue said:
And you can factor in that they are losing a first team starter in Can for nothing. This means they have in effect swapped 2 players in, VVD and Keita for 2 players out, Coutinho and Can. Doesn`t sound that impressive now.
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True. When you put it like that, it sounds like they've swapped what they know, for unknown, yet to be proven players (Well where playing for LFC is concerned).

Do you think Keita & VVD, for Can & Coutinho will be a backward move, forward move, or keep LFC where they are now?
 
zandvoort blue said:
And you can factor in that they are losing a first team starter in Can for nothing. This means they have in effect swapped 2 players in, VVD and Keita for 2 players out, Coutinho and Can. Doesn`t sound that impressive now.
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I don't think that's a fair way to view it. VVD and Keita bring a lot more of what they are lacking, "defensive effort and energy" than what they are losing from Coutihno and Can "offensive excellence and utility." They have a lot more of the latter than the former.

The only question is whether the players pan out. If CVD becomes Kompany-esque like many claim he will, and Keita brings that Kante like energy to Liverpool, they'd be significantly more difficult to play against than one with the brilliance of Coutihno and the utility of Can.
 
Dax777 said:
I don't think that's a fair way to view it. VVD and Keita bring a lot more of what they are lacking, "defensive effort and energy" than what they are losing from Coutihno and Can "offensive excellence and utility." They have a lot more of the latter than the former.

The only question is whether the players pan out. If CVD becomes Kompany-esque like many claim he will, and Keita brings that Kante like energy to Liverpool, they'd be significantly more difficult to play against than one with the brilliance of Coutihno and the utility of Can.
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I agree realistically they are short of 3 players to push us close, a Left back, a goal keeper and quality forward. The plus side is they will lose both Mane and Salah when it comes the the African cup of nations. I wouldn’t put it past Klop trying to get Ozil on a free in the summer and playing him and Lallana ahead of Keita as a midfield 3.
 
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