04 Jan 2018 14:52:19
Klopp: PC available for City game. I suppose "technically" he has to say that. But until a deal is finalised, he should play. Simple.

{Ed002's Note - He doesn’t want to.}

1.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 15:13:11
He's paid 160K a week and has a contract to do so ed, who cares what he wants, until Barcelona reach an agreement with Liverpool for his services, he should have a bit of respect for the club who helped develope him into the player he is, he should be told to do his job or forget his move, bending over again as a club,

{Ed002's Note - If he won't make himself available (again) then the club won't play him (again).}

2.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 15:16:35
I don’t want to go to work today, but I’m still going.

{Ed002's Note - You don't seem to understand. Not to worry.}

3.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 15:42:31
The absolute definition of a heartless, childish, sulking moaner. If he loves playing football so much why doesn't he want to play? What is this? We have been kind to him for 5 years and took a chance on him when nobody else would, he has been idolised by the fans, old and young. He has a contract with the club.

If he wanted to leave so badly then why didn't he let us know a year ago instead of more than halfway through the summer window? What did he expect to happen, we aren't just going to let our best player go without a replacement. The feigning injuries, the countless rumours spread from his entourage. i've absolutely had enough of this circus, he always struck me as a quiet, honest lad, but clearly i was wrong. His behaviour from start to finish of this whole saga has been nothing but pathetic. He has split bad blood with the fans forever, dare i say even more insulting than suarez's handling of the situation. A simple transfer request in advance would of sufficed, instead of this circus that never needed to happen.

4.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 15:55:10
If he refuses to make himself available I hope he's not been paid, in what other sort of employment are you allowed to refuse to do your job and still get paid?

5.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 15:51:38
Smeg is right, it's the same situation whichever way you look at it. He wants this move and is spitting his dummy out about it all, he doesn't want to play for us yet will accept his wages, it's pathetic, that alone should Barcelona off the deal imo. I know it won't mind.

6.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 15:58:03
Other than getting an injury how does playing affect Barcas next move? If the bid is coming, it's coming. I moved jobs this year, I knew the new job was going to happen but still turned up to my existing job til the last day.
Why should footballers get to be such drama queens. The club have already ignored his play acting and kept him regardless then he came back and played.

7.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 16:05:54
I am resigned to Coutinho going but hope we don’t let the whining rat call the tune. Only upon receipt of an offer that we consider acceptable should we sanction the move, no matter how far he spits the dummy out. The medical men should be able to check whether an injury is genuine and if he ‘makes himself unavailable’ we should make the bank transfer of his salary unavailable.

Get someone in who wants to play for a club on the up and let him go to his easy ride against the Spanish cannon fodder but, I repeat, only on our terms.

I accept big players leaving clubs and we have lost plenty who I wanted to stay. However, Coutinho koins the elite group of Owen and Torres who left in a way that left a sour taste. Owen left for a pittance in order to win trophies. Well that went well, didn’t it as we won it 5 times the first season after he left. Torres also went ‘to win trophies’ and may have won a few, on the backs of other players as he sat on the bench.

Let’s hope Coutinho achieves similar ‘success’ as the other 2 traitors.

Finally, never mind get-out clauses, we should insist that a ‘we won’t sell you to Real or Barca’ clause in the contracts of potential signings. If anyone won’t sign because of that, let them do one, as they were only intending to use us as a stepping stone anyway.

{Ed002's Note - The only person who has mentioned an injury is Klopp. All of you whining sounds stupid and embarrassing in the light of Liverpool signing van Dijk.}

8.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 16:32:53
Players have all the power in football these days, I’m not sure what Shanks or Clough would say about these situations.
A player signs a contract with a club and agrees to length etc earns a huge wage paid for by that club. The club then is obligated to pay that player that figure regardless of whether he plays or not until the player is sold (& agreed to this) or contract expires.
However these days players seem to sign contracts but when a big club comes calling down tools and do whatever it takes to get thier way. Really until a club receives what they consider to be a suitable offer the player should be made to fulfill their contract. That applies to Pip, VVD, Sanchez etc pretty soon footballers contracts won’t be worth the paper they are written on.

9.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 16:43:35
We keep hearing about how footballers are just employees, we’ll Coutinho should act like one, he is an employee under contract paid to do a job, he should continue to do his job until he leaves the club, just because he is a footballer shouldn’t make him a special case to everyone else.

10.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 17:09:51
Don't think any Liverpool fan on here wanted vvd to defuse to play for his club ed, it's not whining when fans expect players who get paid dream amounts of money to do their job,

{Ed002's Note - The point being he, like Coutinho, refused to play. Yet it is Coutinho being trashed.}

11.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 17:36:55
Well personally, I'm a Liverpool fan so I'm only worried about what our players do. Or don't do in this case, what vvd done in the summer is every bit as despicable as coutinho,

12.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 18:29:12
If he makes himself unavailable he should be fined 2 weeks wages every time 👍.

13.) 04 Jan 2018
04 Jan 2018 19:36:43
Exactly Ron,