Coutinho transfer discussion

I don't favour a sale, I'm very much on the fence, but here you go:

Pro-sale, there's the advantage of his long term contract, good reputation and his age - any inconsistencies and areas of his game that are lacking can be covered by his youth; and if you look at his game dispassionately there are several areas that need a lot of improvement for him to really be a 60 million player (he needs to stop taking speculative shots at every opportunity, develop his link up play which has dropped off a little, and frankly try harder more often- when he's good he's brilliant, but when he's not he's practically invisible) Altogether, that means we can charge 60 million-ish quid right now for a player who might never reach the very top level and justify that fee - so if we assume he'll never reach his potential, we can get 60 million plus for a player who will be worth a maximum of 20-30 million once he's a bit older then in the long run we've made a good decision. It's good for the club because it encourages young hot prospects to join us (because we will let them go when a big club comes calling as well as giving them first team minutes and good developmental coaching) and we've not lost our main goalscorer or provider whilst gaining a load of cash to reinvest in the team.

Of course if he does fulfil his potential and becomes good enough to be considered alongside Suarez etc (i.e. real 60 million plus footballers) then we still got paid an appropriate amount for what was at the time an unfinished product, and we still look good at developing young talent.

These are (I believe) inarguable facts that could make you think positively about Coutinho's potential sale - you can push it further with opinion. For example if you 100% believe that he will never be better than he is now, then selling him now whilst his stock is high is very important, because another inconsistent season sees that price drop to 30-40 million, and another one after that sees it fall to 15 million, and so on.

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