Bizarre report quotes two factors that Liverpool was euphoric about the sale of Coutinho

The Liverpool board was delighted when the club finally sanctioned its transfer to Barcelona of £ 142 million in January 2018, according to a surprising report.

The Brazilian star tried to force his departure to Barcelona several months before, before the Reds finally decide to let Coutinho realize his dream, thus sanctioning the third most expensive transfer in the history of football.

Liverpool could have sold Coutinho the previous summer for around 80 million pounds – but Barcelona's PSG's takeover of Nemar has changed the face of the transfer market. sport, allowed the Reds to get much more than they had originally planned for the player.

The Spanish newspaper went on to assert that Liverpool officials always knew that they were fighting to keep Coutinho on board, but have exploited the player and the market with flying colors in order to secure the huge manna; The money they then served to strengthen the backbone in the form of Virgil van Dijk of Southampton and Alisson Becker, then Roma.

In addition, sport Strangely, the boss of Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp, while publicly declaring that he had no intention of selling the player, secretly knew that the 26-year-old would have a hard time adapting to his style of play. Although this sounds like a silly suggestion given that Liverpool's midfield goals have dropped considerably since Coutinho's departure, what has been proven is the Brazilian's fight in La Liga.

After initially appearing to be adapting well to its new environment, Coutinho has seen its form shift dramatically this season to the point where it would now have a green light to return to the Premier League – possibly with Manchester United.

However, it seems that her chances of making an emotional comeback to Anfield seem distant, with reports suggesting Klopp had instead chosen a good deal with a Colombian star of 26 million € better able to add the wow factor to the Liverpool midfielder.

Barcelona itself insisted that Coutinho had been bought with a long-term vision, but Sport privately suggests that the club now regrets the transfer.

Gerard Pique, who said this weekend: "Its cost was very high, which means that its level of performance is high. That's what it is.

"We have to accept the reaction of the fans because they are our followers but from the inside we have to support them.

"We need him at his best for the end of the season and I'm sure he will be."

Coutinho is engaged in Barcelona until the summer of 2023, after signing a five-year contract on his membership in the Giants of La Liga last year.

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