Philippe Coutinho

[THFCSPURS19]

Even if the stories are true that Arsenal have agreed a deal, if we agreed a deal too I’d be shocked if he picked them over us.

 

[The Opinionated Lurker]

Hm, surely we aint getting all 3 in

Unlikely but could see it w Eriksen helping pay for GLC, somehow maybe paying for Dybala and only paying a bit for Coutinho on loan now means we don’t have to pay anything til next summer.

 

[Matrix]

Absolutely mental that we are even in contention for a player considered world class considering where we were when Liverpool thumped us when AVB was in charge.

 

[Timberwolf]

The Arsenal links don't make a whole lot of sense to me. With the two strikers, Pepe, Ceballos, Ozil, Mykitaryan, Iwobi and all their youngsters, Coutinho just seems needless and excessive. Add the Poch/Espanol factor and Champions League...surely he picks us.

 

[pace]

More mental that Arsenal are.

 

[YiddoTom90]

Absolutely mental that we are even in contention for a player considered world class considering where we were when Liverpool thumped us when AVB was in charge.

contention for 2 worldies. Unheard-of

 

[dagraham]

Would you change your view if we end up with Dybala, GLC, Sess and Ndombele?

While they get Coutinho and Cellballos? Not including Saliba as he is on loan.

Maybe, but they also signed Pepe unless I’m mistaken. And we’re losing Eriksen, probably to Utd.

I don’t want to strengthen our direct rivals ( Utd) and I don’t want those fuckers down the road to sign any more top players. Not least one’s we’re actively trying to sign ourselves.

 

[SpartanSpur]

If Coutinho is indeed £10-15m and Poch wants to work with him, it does seem a bit of a no brainer, assuming the option is there to make permanent if it went well.

If we can add him to 1 (or super optimistically 2) of the other attackers linked we really would have the squad to go hard on all fronts. I'd really fancy us to pick up a cup.

 

[kaz Hirai]

The Arsenal links don't make a whole lot of sense to me. With the two strikers Pepe, Ceballos, Ozil, Mykitaryan, Iwobi and all their youngsters, Coutinho just seems needless and excessive. Add the Poch/Espanol factor and Champions League...surely he picks us.

That's what they say too, they assume it means ozil is off

 

[King Ledley 26]

Not long left to find out. But! Use some common sense please. He WANTS CL football! And?

Exactly what we said about saliba and ceballos welcome to Arsenal

 

[Basil Brush]

Maybe, but they also signed Pepe unless I’m mistaken. And we’re losing Eriksen, probably to Utd.

I don’t want to strengthen our direct rivals ( Utd) and I don’t want those fuckers down the road to sign any more top players. Not least one’s we’re actively trying to sign ourselves.

Yes sorry, I forgot about Pepe.

Eriksen left us in spirit last season.

Their defence is still a shambles.

Anyway, I will keep this on topic.

 

[SpartanSpur]

That's what they say too, they assume it means ozil is off

He's been linked to replace Rooney in MLS, but that wouldn't go through until Jan.

 

[Nerine]

That can easily become a 4-2-3-1

Winks
NDombele

Son
Coutinho
Dybala

Kane

That’s weapons grade, shit your britches scary. ?

 

[Neon_Knight_]

The Arsenal links don't make a whole lot of sense to me. With the two strikers, Pepe, Ceballos, Ozil, Mykitaryan, Iwobi and all their youngsters, Coutinho just seems needless and excessive. Add the Poch/Espanol factor and Champions League...surely he picks us.

Yep, they need to focus on replacing Koscielny (with a CB who isn't loaned back for the season).

 

[punkisback]

If Coutinho is indeed £10-15m and Poch wants to work with him, it does seem a bit of a no brainer, assuming the option is there to make permanent if it went well.

If we can add him to 1 (or super optimistically 2) of the other attackers linked we really would have the squad to go hard on all fronts. I'd really fancy us to pick up a cup.

I really do hope we have a future fee for him as he's a class player. I think the fee for him from Liverpool was £102 mil with around £40mil in add on clauses and potential resell. Perhaps we're loaning as these may expire next season? One of them was very likely around £20 mil for appearances and another was around £5 mil for CL qualification/winning?

 

[SpartanSpur]

I really do hope we have a future fee for him as he's a class player. I think the fee for him from Liverpool was £102 mil with around £40mil in add on clauses and potential resell. Perhaps we're loaning as these may expire next season? One of them was very likely around £20 mil for appearances and another was around £5 mil for CL qualification/winning?

Wouldn't surprise me. Gets around that and also means they can offset the sale proceeds when they are expecting to pay for Neymar (suggestion is they are working on a year loan for FFP reasons).

I can imagine Levy would encourage a loan deal with no option or first refusal to cover us if he does well. That said if it is just £10-15m one off payment for a year and Poch wants it I suppose he could concede.

 

[King Ledley 26]

We have to be very wary of Arsenal already took two targets off us in saliba and ceballos, but looks promising for him leaving

 

[King Ledley 26]

If Coutinho is indeed £10-15m and Poch wants to work with him, it does seem a bit of a no brainer, assuming the option is there to make permanent if it went well.

If we can add him to 1 (or super optimistically 2) of the other attackers linked we really would have the squad to go hard on all fronts. I'd really fancy us to pick up a cup.

Very true coutinho and I'll say this quietly because of the Woolwich links but he's a game changer

 

[anydange]

Absolutely mental that we are even in contention for a player considered world class considering where we were when Liverpool thumped us when AVB was in charge.

Thanks for this reminder ??

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

Absolutely mental that we are even in contention for a player considered world class considering where we were when Liverpool thumped us when AVB was in charge.

This is rewriting history a bit. We finished above Liverpool in 5 of the 6 seasons he was at the club. He isn’t some crazy talent we couldn’t have previously dreamed of.