LIVERPOOL Football Club have made an offer to Itaian club Inter Milan in a bid to land the services of 20 year old attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho.
According to the Guardian, Rodgers is keen to add the Brazilian, who has one senior cap, to the ranks at Anfield after becoming increasingly frustrated with the Tom Ince saga.
Liverpool are believed to have made an initial offer of £8m to Internazionale, an offer which the Milanese club have reportedly turned down.
Coutinho came to prominence at Vasco de Gama and was signed by Inter at just 16, however he stayed at Vasco on-loan and only came to Italy in 2010. Coutinho has grown impatient with his lack of first team opportunities at Inter, having made just 27 appearances in his two seasons at the club.
Coutinho spent the second half of last season on-loan at Espanyol in Spain. His loan spell proved successful, as the youngster bagged five goals in sixteen appearances for the La Liga strugglers.
Liverpool appear keen to snap-up Coutinho and, having had their first offer re-buffed are likely to return with an improved bid in the coming days.
Watch some of Coutinho’s dribbling, tricks and skills below…
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Has this site turned into The S*n , reporting on trashy transfer gossip that just isnt true ?
What Stevie said
Err, it has been reported by just about every national newspaper as well, including Bascombe, who is reasonably well connected.
Thanks for the youtube link. Unfortunately there’s one of me looking like Pele on there as well. Step up from Joe Allen this one.
My fat mate Derek is a step up from Joe Allen
Hahahaha * brilliant,U jus made my day Clive wat a shout
Clive i am no so sure about your mate but good point there.
this lad looks powerful , pace , skillful, looks the business
Looks very promising hope we land him and at the age of twenty he can only get better.
If it means no more Joe Allen , then hell yeaaaaaaaaaah lets get him
Ok if we can get rid of BR’s pet, lets do it.
Time to put some experience in there. We have enough speculative 18 – 22 year olds.
They don’t appreciate in value when they rot away on the bench so the whole philosophy is floored. Make shneider
happen
His wiki page says he is having medical today