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Salah scored this..
But Sterling missed this
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{td}Liverpool will not receive a cash bonus should Philippe Coutinho win the Champions League with Bayern Munich, although his parent club, Barcelona, have already paid almost all of his £145 million fee.
The last remaining slice of his transfer is linked to appearances for the Catalan club.
Had Liverpool written off the possibility of receiving that extra payment with Coutinho having spent the season on loan in Bavaria, and tipped to leave the Nou Camp, then the likelihood of a new head coach at Barcelona may yet help in triggering the windfall.
Mauricio Pochettino, the former Tottenham Hotspur manager, has been linked with a return to management in place of Quique Setien, whose position appears untenable after Barcelona suffered one of the greatest humiliations in their history when eviscerated 8-2 by Bayern in their Champions League quarter-final last Friday.
Pochettino, who does not have the unanimous support of the Barcelona board, likes Coutinho having had the attacking midfielder on loan at Espanyol from Inter Milan in 2012.
The breakdown of Coutinho’s departure to Barcelona in January 2018 saw Liverpool receive a guaranteed payment of €120 million or £108.6 million.
Barcelona’s progress into the quarter-finals of the Champions League in the past two seasons triggered two payments of €5 million or £9.05 million, while Liverpool have also received €5 million for every 15 appearances he has made for the club.
Coutinho has played 76 times which translates to €25 million or £22.6 million.
In total, Barcelona have paid just more than £140million with the final tranche due if Coutinho makes it to 90 appearances.
That Liverpool have banked so much of the fee already for a player, who has had an unhappy spell in La Liga, highlights the strength of their negotiating two-and-a-half years ago with Barcelona desperate to sign the Brazil international.
Coutinho will not be kept by Bayern, but he was seen applauding their goals before stepping off the substitutes’ bench to conjure an assist and score twice himself.
That highlighted the folly of Barcelona’s recent recruitment with Antoine Griezmann, a £107 million signing a year ago, beginning on the bench and Ousmane Dembele an unused substitute, having been signed from Borussia Dortmund in 2017 for an initial £96.8 million plus £35 million in add-ons{/td}
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Going on Twitter to whine about a refereeing decision the night after the game is not a good look. Particularly from a player who had a terrible game regardless of the incident in question. Don't think Klopp would ever allow this kind of behaviour. The Bluefume mentality has seeped down to the players.
Going on Twitter to whine about a refereeing decision the night after the game is not a good look. Particularly from a player who had a terrible game regardless of the incident in question. Don't think Klopp would ever allow this kind of behaviour. The Bluefume mentality has seeped down to the players.
I listened to the 2 Robbies podcast whilst doing tea. Neither felt that was a foul. It was just 2 players coming together. If anything Laporte came across and caused the incident.
The feeling is mutual.
Only at weekends.
I missed the first half. Was it soft or nailed on?
Take a guess.
Sevilla with about 6 blocks from Man U attacks. All scum since the kick off.
And repeat. They’re going to be sucker punched at this rate.
Was a pen, for me. But defo seen them go unpunished before.
Sucker punch. 2-1 Sevilla.
Forgot to add a disclaimer, if the opposition brings a pole and starts hitting Utd players on the head in the penalty box, I would still claim it was a soft penalty.
3 defenders on the 6 could not mark the only Sevilla player in the box or within 25 yards.
They've been pissing me the fuck off with that shit.
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