7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

[Kohe321]

He has actually been very good for them since getting a run.

Decent and versatile player.

Indeed. Likeable player as well.

 

[raki]

He has actually been very good for them since getting a run.

Decent and versatile player.

Same here. Juventus bought him. We didnt. Like many others. Dybala is not the player i regret the most because he plays in Messi position. There are many others that we didnt even tried.

Juve is an example. Matuidi was a steal and now they are getting Emre Can for free just like Khedira. Pjanic 38M. Etc.

 

[Total-Football]

"It gets dangerous, money and power is changing us
And now we're lethal, infected with D'Evils..."

we kept feeding liverpool money until their shit started making sense (cents)

 

[JamDav1982]

Barcelona have always spent big money if thought needed.

Move on.

 

[Devils]

Only a matter of hours now folks.

We are getting the best Brazilian player on the planet.

 

[DonAndres]

Not entirely wrong I suppose. If 150M combined for Gomes, Arda, Paco, and Paulinho isn't 'big money' then idk what is

 

[BigBarcaBoy]

Am i the only one who would keep paco

 

[jairzinho]

Only a matter of hours now folks.

We are getting the best Brazilian player on the planet.

It was also a matter of hours in August aswell.

 

[DonAK]

Am i the only one who would keep paco

If Griezmann is coming in too I'll sell him.

If not, then keep him.

 

[serghei]

If Griezmann is coming in too I'll sell him.

If not, then keep him.

Pretty much. Paco ain't a problem for us. But if Griezmann comes, he might want out himself.

As for Coutinho, put in an 120m. + 30m. variables (CL win, and appearences). Make 10-15m easily attainable for Liverpool (almost sure extra money), and some other 10-15 for completed highly prized team objectives.

Similar fee to the one paid to Dortmund for Dembele sounds about right. Coutinho is better atm, but older, while Dembele is much younger and has greater potential.

Griezmann and Coutinho for about 230-250m. is great business in this market. We're talking about 2 legit world class players who would walk into almost any team atm.

 

[dakt]

I still fail to see the 150M worth. With that, we'll only keep the market inflated and loose a bunch of money once the market deflates.
Not very young player also...max 80M, maaaybe it can be stretched to 100M, but 150M is just nuts. I would rather go and spend that for 3 promising midfielders and hope that one of them will grow to be a world class player. 150M for a Coutinho!? Come ON!!!

 

[DonAK]

I still fail to see the 150M worth. With that, we'll only keep the market inflated and loose a bunch of money once the market deflates.
Not very young player also...max 80M, maaaybe it can be stretched to 100M, but 150M is just nuts. I would rather go and spend that for 3 promising midfielders and hope that one of them will grow to be a world class player. 150M for a Coutinho!? Come ON!!!

Messi is 30 years old and the last time we did that we ended up with Gomes and Denis who both are nowhere near to ever become starters for Barcelona or any team with CL aspirations.

I'm all for signing a promising midfielder, but when we already have one in Alenya there's no point in signing three more. I want a World Class signing right now. We need quality right now when Messi still got a few years left in the tank. Meanwhile we can let the younger players grow until their time arrives.

The market will remain bonkers for years unless we see a financial crisis again which will make teams not spend like idiots. A talent these days will cost you at least 40m if not more and it's not even guaranteed that he'll become a legitimate great player.

 

[DonAndres]

Pretty much. Paco ain't a problem for us. But if Griezmann comes, he might want out himself.

As for Coutinho, put in an 120m. + 30m. variables (CL win, and appearences). Make 10-15m easily attainable for Liverpool (almost sure extra money), and some other 10-15 for completed highly prized team objectives.

Similar fee to the one paid to Dortmund for Dembele sounds about right. Coutinho is better atm, but older, while Dembele is much younger and has greater potential.

Griezmann and Coutinho for about 230-250m. is great business in this market. We're talking about 2 legit world class players who would walk into almost any team atm.

If we really do get Griezmann and Coutinho, we won't even really have to worry about this board's stupidity in the market anymore for a while as the squad will be mostly set until the post-Messi era.

Coutinho replaces Rakitic and Griezmann-Suarez. Iniesta, Alba, Busi, and Pique are the next positions to look at but IMO La Masia is bringing us exactly what we need there. I am 100% convinced of the talent level of Aleña/Cucu to make it and replace Iniesta/Alba as long as they continue on their path. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Busi was elite for at least another 4-5 years but even with that we'd have backup mini-Busi in Oriol who really looks like a legit heir. He'll be able to grow under his senior and has a solid chance at succeeding.

The only other transfer we'll have to make is to replace Pique and funnily enough I have solid confidence in Robert for this given he got us Umtiti and is interested in De Ligt long term.

 

[Vilarrubi]

I still fail to see the 150M worth. With that, we'll only keep the market inflated and loose a bunch of money once the market deflates.
Not very young player also...max 80M, maaaybe it can be stretched to 100M, but 150M is just nuts. I would rather go and spend that for 3 promising midfielders and hope that one of them will grow to be a world class player. 150M for a Coutinho!? Come ON!!!

So if we don’t make the transfer the market won’t inflate?? Absolute nonsense. It will keep inflating from now on it’s never going to go backwards. We will be the ones left behind, need to accept that’s the way it is now.

Liverpool just paid 85m for Van Dijk and you want Coutinho for 80m? Lol

 

[JamDav1982]

If we really do get Griezmann and Coutinho, we won't even really have to worry about this board's stupidity in the market anymore for a while as the squad will be mostly set until the post-Messi era.

Coutinho replaces Rakitic and Griezmann-Suarez. Iniesta, Alba, Busi, and Pique are the next positions to look at but IMO La Masia is bringing us exactly what we need there. I am 100% convinced of the talent level of Aleña/Cucu to make it and replace Iniesta/Alba as long as they continue on their path. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Busi was elite for at least another 4-5 years but even with that we'd have backup mini-Busi in Oriol who really looks like a legit heir. He'll be able to grow under his senior and has a solid chance at succeeding.

The only other transfer we'll have to make is to replace Pique and funnily enough I have solid confidence in Robert for this given he got us Umtiti and is interested in De Ligt long term.

Aye a squad they built for most part.