Erling Haaland

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Coutinho is injured

Irrespective, Barca handed him wages of £400k a week and no club can or will take that on, barring a heavily-subsidised loan.

Liverpool will be whistling Dixie for £30m plus for a good while to come.

 

[LongsightM13]

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[waspish]

You need to quit this nonsense which got old days ago when you started it

I will do, don’t want to upset anyone with my questions that really no one can answer just curious to what pep thinks am sure he would want top striker in his squad for an option.

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

I will do, don’t want to upset anyone with my questions that really no one can answer just curious to what pep thinks am sure he would want top striker in his squad for an option.

I think maybe he’d like one. If you look at most of our positions we have two players but they normally offer something different. Like Cancelo offers something completely different to Walker say and our wingers can play inverted but we can also play sterling on the right as an out and out winger. So I think having a different option would increase our unpredictability

 

[Deleted member 87819]

This still seems more like guessing than actual information. I mean, given the situation, I’ll believe, but it wouldn’t shock me to see him playing again

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

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A list was published last month of all the monies Barca owed to clubs?

Stand corrected, recall reports Liverpool sold the debt on.

 

[domalino]

A list was published last month of all the monies Barca owed to clubs.

Liverpool are owed £30m-plus on Coutinho and even if you want to dismiss the premise of the article someone has linked here, then avoiding £4m by not playing Coutinho is small potatoes, as Liverpool are still not getting their larger owed monies anytime soon.

When that list came out it was also reported Liverpool sold the debt, they've already pocketed the 30m and Barcelona owe a bank or someone else.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I think Liverpool ‘sold’ the basic Coutinho fee to a finance broker who gave them the full amount upfront for a commission, usually around 5-10%. Dont think that would cover performance related bonuses and instalments which by their very nature cannot be predicted in advance.

Thanks.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

I will do, don’t want to upset anyone with my questions that really no one can answer just curious to what pep thinks am sure he would want top striker in his squad for an option.

Actually this is easy to answer and I already did many posts ago when you first made this point. I think you are mistaking what a false 9 is and why he uses it in the current team. There is nothing he would love more than having a Lewandowski again or a Haaland now. It opens up the possibilities for the team in considerable ways. And the idea that any team would say “hmm we don’t need a center forward in the squad because we can use a false 9” verges on insane (ESPECIALLY with Pep and especially in a club with the ambitions our club has)

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

When that list came out it was also reported Liverpool sold the debt, they've already pocketed the 30m and Barcelona owe a bank or someone else.

Yes, recall that now. So Liverpool have likely already spent the Coutinho money...

You never know, it seems to be never ending!!