Brendan Rodgers spoke to Eveningtimes about when he first brought Phillippe Coutinho to Liverpool:
“He was already strong at 14 years old. He played the Vasco da Gama and Chelsea tried to take him, but the deal had already gone ahead with Inter and so arrived in Milan at the age of 16 years.
Then the Nerazzurri was in trouble from an economic point of view and so it was an opportunity for us to bring him to Liverpool.
It cost 8.5 million pounds, Nobody knew Coutinho, but at 19 years old he flourished in our team.
When there is talent around, the objective remains always to try to take it. And the reason why I brought Lee here at Celtic with me is because it is one of the best in this work, he is the one who found me Coutinho otherwise no one would have heard of him. “
The sad truth about our shit management.
https://www.ft.com/content/5928c186-e6c1-11e6-893c-082c54a7f539
Pirlo, Carlos, Coutinho, the list goes on… yes my brother below me is correct, we never learn…
Coutinho should have been loaned out not sold, and we are making the same mistake with Gabigol, who needs playing time week in week out. Seems like Inter never learn.
Gabigol I fear is just not good enough. Just a really bad buy, something that our management does 9/10 times with transfers.
Seeing pictures of Coutinho with our shirt is like a knife to the heart. So many years of mismanagement at our beloved club with stupid transfers, general lack of direction, legends treated badly etc. And at the same time Juve is destroying Barca in CL. Oh lord, please let this culture of atrocious mismanagement that is like a curse over this club end soon!
one of sad transfers
Could be great if we manage to bring him back home….