10 Aug 2017 09:29:39
Kloppe should pick Couts for Champions League qualifying match - there's one comp he then can't play for anyone else in. Be an interesting test of nerve, do the owners want success or will they settle for a ridiculous amount of money and a well poked-off manager?

{Ed002's Note - Yes he can.}

1.) 10 Aug 2017
10 Aug 2017 09:42:57
Ed2, I read in the paper today that.

"Barcelona are desperate to sign the midfielder and they will be watching developments, particularly as Liverpool immediately head into a Champions League qualifier against Hoffenheim after Watford. Barcelona do not want him cup tied. "

You say above that he will not be cup tied. Please can you clarify the rule for me?

Many thanks.

{Ed002's Note - Unless the rules have changed again for this season, I have not checked, he can play for Liverpool in the in qualifying round of the Champions League and then represent another side from the group stages of either the Champions League or the Europa League. The rule prior to this was that he could represent another side from the Group stages if the side he first played for had been knocked out in the preliminary, play off or qualifying rounds. Prior to that it was as you suggest above. It seems unlikely they would have reverted to that. Did the paper mention Gaston Ramirez nailed on for Liverpool?}

2.) 10 Aug 2017
10 Aug 2017 10:41:12
Haha ED2 loving the throwback to the Gaston Ramirez days.

3.) 10 Aug 2017
10 Aug 2017 11:42:36
Thanks Ed. The paper mentioned that I was going to have a trial - so it must be true.