BIG RUMOUR .. Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho, 27, has given his approval to a deal which would see him join former club
Liverpool on a two-year loan deal with an option for the Reds to buy the Brazil international for £88m.
(Calciomercato - in Italian)This was on today's BBC website. Liverpool is a rich club and the current European Champions. They sold Coutinho to Barcelona where he was not quite the success that Barcelona had hoped (a matter of opinion).
Should Liverpool and Barcelona be allowed to indulge in sale or return basis transfers ? .. If Liverpool want Coutinho back, they should put up the £88 Million fee and re-sign him now and not be allowed to get his services on the cheap to see if, once again he can be a success for them.
As it stands, Barcelona get a dud off the wages bill (having just signed Griezmann for a reported and ridiculous £107 Million fee) and Liverpool get two years discounted service from a player they were happy to sell a couple of years ago for a reported £105 Million.
EDIT This appears in 'General Charlton' .. there was no choice as to where to post it
Comments
I don't get the issue here at all.
I think it would be fairer to limit loans from just one division higher; i.e. championship only for us last year; premiership this year. On the other hand football has never been fair in my lifetime and there are bigger issues requiring regulation.
As far as I’m concerned, anyone should be allowed to loan out anyone they like, but the number of players they loan out should be limited, just like they’re limited to how many they can loan in.
Won’t happen though, as the current situation favours the large, rich clubs who have a lot of influence over the rule makers.
Seems very strange from Barca to loan him
@swords_alive .. I agree in principle .. I have always been against loans of any sort .. however, the system being what it is, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em .. hypocrisy reigns and without Bielik and Cullen, I doubt we would have been promoted, or at the very least, the job would have been a lot more difficult ((:>)
I posted this topic just as a personal opinion. Clubs as big and prosperous as Liverpool and Barcelona should not be indulging in 'player swaps' and subsidised loans. To me it smacks of collusion and waters down what professional sports should be all about, i.e. not all pally pally but ultra competitive, on the field and to a certain extent, off it as well
They can only get that after a succesful loan, so they're maximizing his value, potentially.
Offer PSG say £130M plus Coutinho.
Seems a good deal to me
Barca wouldn't just hand over a gift to a direct competitor
£130M in the bank and a replacement fir Neymar.
If Barca pay what they sold him for like PSG want, would PSG get a decent replacement for under £60M I doubt it.
I mean its all hypothetical because Barca havent offered that, but if I was Barca I would and if I was PSG I would take it
Helpful, logical, and necessary
can't remember where I saw it and no idea how to link it even if I did, but it's worth a google and a look
https://youtu.be/cXyNgplnW04
https://www.90min.com/posts/6313760-barcelona-make-radical-change-to-planned-camp-nou-renovation-with-work-to-last-until-2023