Mar20

Coutinho Looks Back: “High Expectations For Me At Inter”

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Talking to Liverpool’s official website, former Inter player Philippe Coutinho reflects on his new adventure and also looks back at his Nerazzurri past.

“I am happy. I am young but I already have a little bit of experience. I am still learning but playing in different countries has helped me a lot. Everyone wants to play in Europe and I was here at 16 years old. I was very young then but I do not regret anything. Making changes was difficult and when I arrived at Inter, there were high expectations from me. Unfortunate it did not work at Inter but I am very happy in England. I hope to do my best for Liverpool.”

Source: LiverpoolFC.com

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  • http://twitter.com/mongkih mongkih

    we always have our faith on you cou, be a great football star then :)

    • Sina

      Yes! And I hope that sometime in the near future, we can use our buyback clause to regain him once he matures into a better player. Sadly for now though, he plays a similar position as Alvarez so he was put on the chopping block for ‘not being needed’ in the team; and as for talent, Kovačić is several steps ahead and also younger. So, we hope Cou can redeem himself!

      • hasse77

        Say what? Do we have a buyback clause for Coutinho?

        • Sina

          From what I saw on Sportitalia and Sky Calcio, yes. I hope it’s true. It makes sense… because Liverpool are paying in increments / installments.

          • hasse77

            Oh another thing I didn’t catch up when the transfer went through. How has the installments planned out to being payed to us? 3-5 years?

            I had gotten the impression that Liverpool had the money, specially with the upcoming higher tv revenues, to pay us 13 million euro directly.

          • Sina

            Something like that… I think it’s 3 seasons. We haven’t even received the first installment yet though.

            Hah! Liverpool are SUPER weird. Especially with those new American owners who are trying to bring the club back to 2005 status. They are apparently scouting and interested in outright purchases for FantAntonio and Sanchez. They also want to get Sneijder from Galatasaray next season. Uhhh… yeeeeeaaaah…

          • http://www.facebook.com/sean.sebastian.mula Sean Mula-Clothing Patrick

            Uhhhh Liverpool has overwhelming debt though. And no CL football.

          • Sina

            Yep. I seriously don’t know how they’re going to deal with that. Carroll, Suarez, Rodgers… how they can afford to pay those wages baffles my mind.

          • http://twitter.com/mongkih mongkih

            SMART MOVE by inter management! hoping that it would be true

          • Sina

            Sky Calcio is reliable. I don’t think they would make a huge mistake like that! Granted, they are the only agency to report it… so… it’s kind of odd.

      • http://www.facebook.com/sean.sebastian.mula Sean Mula-Clothing Patrick

        He was sold because we couldnt find a buyer for alvarez, not because he wasnt needed.

        • Sina

          Sean… I hope you’re kidding me, mate. Athletico Madrid and Simeone wanted to option him on a loan-purchase. River Plate and Boca Juniors were working with Inter management, on many attempts to have Alvarez return home to Argentina.

          • http://www.facebook.com/sean.sebastian.mula Sean Mula-Clothing Patrick

            Well, let me put it this way…. we couldnt find a considerable offer for him, only loan to purchases. We definitely could not get 13 million euros for him.

          • Sina

            The two Argentinian clubs had offered €11M each for an outright purchase, but as you mentioned, we couldn’t be less pleased with their offers.

          • http://www.facebook.com/sean.sebastian.mula Sean Mula-Clothing Patrick

            Really?? Those are good offers. Maybe they didnt go anywhere because Ricky would rather stay in Europe, more so, at Inter.

          • Sina

            That’s definitely one of the few reasons behind the stay.

 
 

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