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Got no problem with anyone wanting to leave the club when they dont wish to be there but it has to be on our terms.

Barca and Coutinho have acted poorly and selfishly which ever way you look at it and comparison with VVD is misconceived because in VVD's case he is not cup tied in CL and Southampton have nothing to play for and appear to need the cash to buy a good striker.

There is absolutely no good reason why Barca and Coutinho could not have done a deal similar to the Leipzig/Keita deal i.e. sign now and move next season. Coutinho cant play in the CL this season and Barca dont seem to need him urgently for the remainder of La Liga either. So why the rush?

Whichever way you look it, Coutinho leaving now puts an unnecessary higher risk of us not making Top 4 and also progessing further in CL.

Still wish Coutinho well but end of the day he falls into the Owen, Torres category to me, ambivalent feelings if he ever returns to Anfield unlike say Suarez who acted more decently in the end and who will always be warmly welcomed to Anfield by me.