da heads bet： That was quick, wasn’t it! Around 24 hours ago news broke that Liverpool were discussing a new contract with superstar attacker Philippe Coutinho and Reds fans woke up this morning to pictures of the Brazilian, pen in hand, signing on the dotted line.
da dobrowin： It’s understood that Coutinho is now the Merseyside outfit’s highest paid player on around £150,000-per-week with his new deal set to keep him at the club until 2022. Kopites have seen some of their best players leaves for pastures news in recent years, with Luis Suarez, who joined Barcelona in 2014 and Raheem Sterling just 12 months later both leaving, while the likes of Fernando Torres, Javier Mascherano and Xabi Alonso were all lured away before.
Naturally, Liverpool fans are delighted with the latest news and are hopeful that the 24-year-old’s new contract is a signal that he will be spending the best years of his career at Anfield. Indeed, some are hailing it as the best deal of January and the signal of intent the club needed to make…
However, there are some sceptics out there, no doubt influenced by Suarez’s new Liverpool contract just months before he joined Barca…
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