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Exactly!

If that happens now, we all know what colours FSG are! Balancing the books after the hefty fee for VvD!

Even Paul Joyce is reporting it now. £133mil is a great price. 2 years ago there were threads on here about how inconsistent and wasteful he is.

We will miss him but until we start winning trophies we can't keep players like him.

I'm hoping a replacement is already lined up. But I'm guessing FSG have made Lallana his replacement

I agree,its a question of control and perception of control.Surely we did not sell in the summer only to crumble in this Jan transfer window.
Ideally I would love him to stay but if he pushs again and Barça offer circa 140 million in 1 payment then sell him during the summer but not until then.

I’m worried Ox was brought in as his replacement. As much as I like Ox and think he should play regularly, he’s no where near good enough to replace Coutinho.

If he strikes he would not be preparing too well for the World Cup,as others said we hold the cqrds for once.Player power needs to be taken down a step or two......

Once you've set a price, you've caved in, in my view. We should have simply waited for an offer and rejected it! When the cycle reaches £250M, may be you accept.

I'd be more inclined to sell in the summer as values are just soaring at the minute.

£25mil is a squad player or prospect and £50mil is the new £25mil

Yeah £133mil is great now. But in the summer after more money is thrown around he will look like a bargain. Pogba at £93mil looks great value now.

£133M will look very cheap when every playmaker prospect we look at will be at £90M. I'm sure Barca have scouts looking high and low for the next Coutinho or an immediate equivalent but they haven't found one. If you care about LFC as a footballing entity, first and foremost, you don't put a price on a player like Coutinho. I presume Salah will be the next to agitate for a move - and why shouldn't he, the person that sets up our attack has just been allowed out of a 5yr deal - with no release clause. Barca will be laughing at us all over again.

Firminio next. All the Brazilians are off.

I think we will sign Lemar this week and let Coutinho go the next. He won't go until we have signed his replacement