ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

[davek]

Coutinho is good for 1 game in 4. Certainly nothing special.

He tends to get them in big games and important moments. He's also their best performer creating chances. He's destined for a better team than Liverpool.

 

[Jags..class]

Hope they dont pull this deal off

 

[bluestevon]

A few papers reporting Ian Ayre out in Florida now negotiating. Maybe a smokescreen for other targets from LFC perspective but pretty elaborate if it is.

If he's better than Coutinho he must be a hell of a player. I really rate Coutinho. I'd imagine Liverpool will have to sell him on shortly. He's a cut above them.

Hopefully it is a smokescreen mate

and yup IMO anyway he is miles better than Coutinho, involved in everything, consistent, scores all different types of goals and a bit like Barkley for us is involved in basically every attacking move and sets the tempo for Shaktar, also he's way more physical than Coutinho, Firminho and Oscar where when they arrived (or are now) so not someone you could just get physical with as he can take it

Basically the links with Chelsea always made sense as he seemed the perfect type of Mourinho player

 

[ToffeeDan]

Kopites eh? Not content with wasting several million on one Texi ride they are about to order another one for £30M

 

[bluestevon]

Hope they dont pull this deal off

Same mate, unbiased opinion he is too good for them, the bloke could walk right into most CL teams

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Alex Teixeira. The next waste of money they're bringing in, apparently.

£25M.

Sure I read somewhere the other day that Donetsk had already knocked back £30m for him, and said an adamant "He is not for sale" would think to change their mind someone would have to break the bank.

 

[davek]

Hopefully it is a smokescreen mate

and yup IMO anyway he is miles better than Coutinho, involved in everything, consistent, scores all different types of goals and a bit like Barkley for us is involved in basically every attacking move and sets the tempo for Shaktar, also he's way more physical than Coutinho, Firminho and Oscar where when they arrived (or are now) so not someone you could just get physical with as he can take it

Basically the links with Chelsea always made sense as he seemed the perfect type of Mourinho player

He's been in the CL window for a few seasons. I wonder, if he's as good as all that, why it's a) taken this long for a serious link to him to emerge, and b ) why it's only a second tier Euro club like Liverpool who are the one's to put a bid in?

 

[Khalekan]

How about 11 goals in the last 28 CL games from Attacking Mid then mate?

and last two seasons he has scored 39 goals in 37 games in the league - not 1 in 2 mate, and thats from attacking mid he is not a striker

A midfielder scoring at a rate of more than one goal per game?

The best strikers in the world wouldn't have that strike rate.

That doesn't sound right......unless he scored multiple goals in a few of those games?

The other question I have us how come he has played so few league games in two years?

Are there not many teams in the league.......or is he out injured a lot?

 

[davek]

Sure I read somewhere the other day that Donetsk had already knocked back £30m for him, and said an adamant "He is not for sale" would think to change their mind someone would have to break the bank.

There's not much distance really. Liverpool offering £25M now and Donetsk saying over £30M. That's bridgeable.

 

[bluestevon]

He's been in the CL window for a few seasons. I wonder, if he's as good as all that, why it's a) taken this long for a serious link to him to emerge, and b ) why it's only a second tier Euro club like Liverpool who are the one's to put a bid in?

really exploded the past two seasons mate - taken on this season the mantle of Costa at Shaktar and became captain of them as well

As i said be utterly shocked if he doesn't move to a big/rich CL club for 30-40m quid

Shaktar tend to not sell more than one big name a year mate, Willian, Fernandinho and Costa all left over separate years the past 4 seasons for big money and this bloke is regarded higher than all of those 3 their

 

[bluestevon]

A midfielder scoring at a rate of more than one goal per game?

The best strikers in the world wouldn't have that strike rate.

That doesn't sound right......unless he scored multiple goals in a few of those games?

The other question I have us how come he has played so few league games in two years?

Are there not many teams in the league.......or is he out injured a lot?

26 game league season mate

played 37 games last year and 26 this, only games he has missed have been him getting rested - incidental meaning he has missed a few games against domestic crap teams or his stats would be even better lol

as for his scoring rate, simple anser is he has been on fire for 2 seasons mate, hes scoring vs every team he plays against pretty much

 

[davek]

really exploded the past two seasons mate - taken on this season the mantle of Costa at Shaktar and became captain of them as well

As i said be utterly shocked if he doesn't move to a big/rich CL club for 30-40m quid

Shaktar tend to not sell more than one big name a year mate, Willian, Fernandinho and Costa all left over separate years the past 4 seasons for big money and this bloke is regarded higher than all of those 3 their

He's in good company there.

Maybe the Liverpool interest will force better teams to act.

 

[Darth Vader]

Same mate, unbiased opinion he is too good for them, the bloke could walk right into most CL teams

Then why has no decent side come in for him

Also isn't he uncapped by Brazil when the have utter drudge like Bernard getting games

 

[Darth Vader]

Well no senior caps for Brasil yet, but he's been in Ukraine for 6 years, dual nationality just to get here? lol

Who was that clown Boro signed from Holland who'd scored 70 goals in a season and flopped like a floppy thing in flop college

 

[Sapie88]

Who was that clown Boro signed from Holland who'd scored 70 goals in a season and flopped like a floppy thing in flop college

Afonso Alves?