Coutinho would be in line with Gerrard’s comments about an exciting player, but I’d be surprised if he arrived here.
Coutinho's career is in free fall. Bombed spectacularly at Barca and even Bayern on loan. His options, bar playing for the Saudis in Newcastle, may be limited enough. Reeks of Bale or Hazard to me.
Seems a strange enough link given we spent huge money on Buendia in the summer in the same position and arguably he gave his best display for the club last game.
To be fair he didn't bomb at Bayern. He won the Champions league with them. He generally did well there. As for Barca, God only knows why they bought him as they had Messi playing in his position and it's just a basket case of a club right now.
From what I recall he struggled to make the Bayern starting line up and they obviously didn't make the move permanent. Back at Barca with or without Messi he has made little impact. Dembele has also bombed at Barca after they spent huge money on him so maybe the club is the issue.
Imagine how different Coutinho's career could have been after a couple of years with Lambert.
Coutinho would be in line with Gerrard’s comments about an exciting player, but I’d be surprised if he arrived here.
Coutinho's career is in free fall. Bombed spectacularly at Barca and even Bayern on loan. His options, bar playing for the Saudis in Newcastle, may be limited enough. Reeks of Bale or Hazard to me.
Seems a strange enough link given we spent huge money on Buendia in the summer in the same position and arguably he gave his best display for the club last game.
To be fair he didn't bomb at Bayern. He won the Champions league with them. He generally did well there. As for Barca, God only knows why they bought him as they had Messi playing in his position and it's just a basket case of a club right now.
From what I recall he struggled to make the Bayern starting line up and they obviously didn't make the move permanent. Back at Barca with or without Messi he has made little impact. Dembele has also bombed at Barca after they spent huge money on him so maybe the club is the issue.
Bayern only have about five regular first teamers the rest rotate and I would take any of their bench!
Barca are a fruit-case of a club and have no idea of what they are trying to achieve anymore except how to get into yet more debt!
Imagine how different Coutinho's career could have been after a couple of years with Lambert.
Looks like its never to late for the Villa to kill a career
and is not, Simon Dawkins, truly the worst ‘player’ ever to don a villa shirt.
I'll raise you a Carlos Sanchez.
I'll raise you a Tommy Craig....
I'm too young for Tommy Craig, but I will not accept that we had a worse player than Carlos Sanchez (and I include Ally Sissokho in that).
Djemba Djemba?
Gestede the worst player I’ve seen in a Villa shirt in my 50 years of support
Imagine how different Coutinho's career could have been after a couple of years with Lambert.
Looks like its never to late for the Villa to kill a career
he would have been just excellent
From what I recall he struggled to make the Bayern starting line up and they obviously didn't make the move permanent.
Not making the starting lineup regularly for the Champions League winners and not convincing them to spend £50m on him, doesn't mean that he wouldn't be a handy guy to have in our team for six months.
I think we'll get Coutinho.
I can't wait.
Coutinho my lord, Coutinho. Oh lord, Coutinho.
We've got Coutinho, we've got Coutinho, we've got Coutinho, we've got Coutinho (tune: that Italian classical piece)
He's magic you know, little Philippe Coutinho.
I suspect he will buy a load of mediocre Rangers players - no better than the likes of Trez and AEG.
Gerrard is currently lining up deals for Jean-Alain Boumsong, Jörg Albertz, Shota Arveladze & Richard Gough
Bloody hell, I was excited then until I read Richard Gough and vaguely remembered who the others were.
Graham Turner tried to sign Richard Gough, way back when. He went to Tottenham instead.
villa 1/6 coutinho
gerrard must have a tenner on it
Clinton Morrison being nice about us on 5Live, discussing the Coutinho talk.