If only you were in charge of Barca we could have done a press conference in July stating how shit Coutinho was and how we were desperate to get rid of him.
Then when we got no buyers ( instead of picking up 20m in loan fee and wage saving and giving him a chance to increase his performance and hence value ) we would have kept playing him, paying his wages, activating 24m worth of add ons to owe to Liverpool , decreasing his value further because its been shown he can't play well here and stopping the play time of other players who could possibly play well here.
Please let me know your next business idea so that I can invest because I like to piss money up the wall
Good read, although I think too much of the blame is being put on Coutinho about his adaptation being why he failed. Maybe a competent coach would be a good start.
I know this is becoming a bit of cliche but imagine Coutinho under Pep... he would be immense.
He would have been superb under any manager with brains. Unfortunately at the moment one of the worst managers in Barca history is in charge for the most expensive squad we ever had.
If we don't get Neymar this move will be even worse because it won't make any sense at all. And I am the one who was against Neymar's return in the first place. They have fucked up one of the best transfer windows we had in a recent history.
Well so much for 20+ mil loan fee. 8,5M it is, amazing business