Philippe Coutinho finally made the transfer from Liverpool to Barcelona for a maximum amount of 160 million euros after a long transfer soap this winter. The Brazilian was already in the keen interest of the Catalans last summer, but the Reds didn’t want to lose the creative. Jamie Carragher does not understand why Liverpool did travel this transfer period.
“I really cannot understand the decision to sell Coutinho now. Not in the middle of the season “, starts the former defender in his column for the Daily Telegraph,” Doesn’t it matter how much I don’t hear about boy dreams, trying to convince him to stay, how often representatives, family members or even sponsors have put pressure behind the transfer: why this month?
“The financial compensation is immense. But also the risk. I still fear that a deal in the middle of the season unnecessarily endangers Liverpool’s Champions League spot for next season. If they do not end up in the top four, everyone will point to the sales of Coutinho. No matter how much Coutinho wanted to go to Barcelona, Liverpool should have kept his foot stiff”.
“While some players, such as Alexis Sánchez and Virgil van Dijk, lost their form after not being allowed to leave last summer, Coutinho was completely the opposite. He had never played better for Liverpool than between September and December this season. I am sure that the Brazilian had overcome his disappointment over the next four months,”concludes Carragher.
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