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Coutinho has moments of brilliance in him but I don't think he makes or breaks the team. Obviously we will be a lesser team without him, but we're far from reliant on him. If the money is enough and reinvested wisely it won't be too bad.

I disagree, while we can cope without him he is the difference in us getting into the top 4 or more or us just getting top 6. When he's on form he's simply brilliant but even when he's not 100% he still influences the game around him like nobody else in our team can.

If he is sold then we need a replacement brain for the team as all these runners need someone to pick them out.
 
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Coutinho has moments of brilliance in him but I don't think he makes or breaks the team. Obviously we will be a lesser team without him, but we're far from reliant on him. If the money is enough and reinvested wisely it won't be too bad.

I think you will be one of the suprised this season if klopp sticks him no 8 then.
 
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Coutinho has moments of brilliance in him but I don't think he makes or breaks the team. Obviously we will be a lesser team without him, but we're far from reliant on him. If the money is enough and reinvested wisely it won't be too bad.

Got to disagree - Coutinho is the alpha and omega of our creativity: there just isn't, Mane included to a degree, anyone in that squad with 'magic' in their boots like Ford.
 
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^this

plus back in a deeper position we will see more of the short(ish) incisive passing that none of the others manage on a regular basis.

Hendersons long passing is underated (when fit) but cannot do the same over shorter distances near a crowded box

If we could buy someone like Mata for @ £15m (they don't use him) I would do. Someone like Silva. We call Lallana and Firmino 10's - no they're not, compared to Ford, Silvs or Mata. Think we missed out on Eriksen too a few years back. If Ford goes (and IF Barca stump up £135m, then fair enough), but we need, before the start of the season, something of that ilk.
 
Mata actually played quite a bit for ManU last season but i take your point about needing more vision/subtlety in MF to open up defences .
I do have hopes for Salah ,who i thought was ok at Chelsea considering the way they "used" him and he improved at Roma, adding another direct threat and trickery around the box though obviously the better the supply the better the results.
 
If we could buy someone like Mata for @ £15m (they don't use him) I would do. Someone like Silva. We call Lallana and Firmino 10's - no they're not, compared to Ford, Silvs or Mata. Think we missed out on Eriksen too a few years back. If Ford goes (and IF Barca stump up £135m, then fair enough), but we need, before the start of the season, something of that ilk.
It was only gerrez and myself that was pissed off at the time we didn't buy him before spurs did esp the price.

Now the rest of you are jumping on the bandwagon :bandit:
 
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