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He just is not having an impact on games. Fully expected him to run the game today with Messi out but he was barely involved and the few times he was involved nothing came off for him. Starting to look like a massive overpay by the incompetent board.

Imagine thinking that this Barcelona team needs "practice" in the Copa to help it win the CL. Losing this match and going out of the Copa would be a much bigger help in winning the CL so that the 11 players that play every match can get some much needed rest.

Man City, Juventus, Liverpool. Dortmund would probably be a tough draw based on their style as well. Think we’ll need a Messi miracle to get to the final.

There are at least 3 teams better then Barcelona right now so I’d be very surprised if they made it to the finals.

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Very disappointing if Valverde does continue on next season. I was hoping Quique Setien would be the next manager. Finally we would see some proper attacking football again.

I watch every Liverpool game and the majority of games under Klopp he was played in the front 3. Now, he wasn't strictly a "left winger" as he played in the "half-space" as Klopp calls it which gave him freedom to come in from the left and play more central. So, while you are partially...

The majority of his time at Liverpool he played on the left of the front 3. He did play as a center midfielder some in his last season at Liverpool but Klopp preferred him in the front 3 due to his inability to defend.

Not going to happen under Valverde.

Ok. To get back to your point about the 5% of games needed to win CL. The 300m was spent on the wrong players if the goal was to win the Champions League. A lot of people think that Coutinho was brought in to replace Iniesta. Coutinho is at his best when he's playing in the front 3. So...

I'm not a financial analyst but I'm guessing that a cost/operating revenue of 81% isn't sustainable.

I hate to break it to you but the 300m that was spent was so the President of the club would get re-elected after losing Neymar. That was the only thing on his mind at the time.

I think with a less "risk averse" manager they could both play at the same time and it won't be a problem. I'm not sure that Coutinho would play in midfield against the best teams but in the majority of league matches he would be fine. A midfield 3 of Coutinho and Arthur in front of Busquets...

The coach didn't buy them. The President did as a way to stave off being voted out after losing Neymar. Can't forget that point.

This just isn't true.

Are these the rumors that came out in Sport? Considering they printed multiple times that Coutinho was hours away of being signed I'd say that you can pretty much ignore everything that they are saying.

And this is the problem that Barcelona have. The idiots on the board are not targeting the profile of the players that the team needs. They are worried about bringing in "World class" players instead of players that fit the correct profile for what the team needs. The team desperately needs a...

He was head of the academy and apparently was going to be promoted to Sporting Director before Brendan Rodgers came in as manager.

Interesting article I came upon the other day. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/liverpool-couldnt-sell-philippe-coutinho-transfer-barcelona-pep-segura-john-w-henry-a7923351.html

It's been widely reported.