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Liverpool will prove Philippe Coutinho was WRONG to join Barcelona by doing this - pundit
LIVERPOOL will prove Philippe Coutinho was wrong to leave the club for Barcelona if they win the Champions League.
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That is according to former Tottenham, Blackburn and England midfielder Tim Sherwood.
Philippe Coutinho left Liverpool in January 2018 for a fee that could rise to £142million.
The Brazilian has had a mixed start to life at Barcelona and has already been linked with a move back to the Premier League.
Liverpool have fared well without Coutinho and are in the hunt for their first top-flight title since 1990.
Hopefully for Liverpool’s sake they win a Champions League and Barcelona don’t and it will prove his decision was wrong
Sherwood believes Liverpool still need a creative midfielder like Coutinho and reckons they will try to buy one in the summer.
However, he believes they will get one over the 26-year-old if they can win the Champions League before Barca.
“If they would have liked to have kept any player it would have been Coutinho,” Sherwood said.
“I think he’s that one who can open up the defence, he’s got that cute pass, little bit of disguise on his pass, that guile which I think they miss.
“I’m sure they’ll be looking for that.
“They certainly could do with a Christian Eriksen-type, or Coutinho who they had at the club.
“Obviously he wanted to leave to go to Barcelona.
“Hopefully for Liverpool’s sake they win a Champions League and Barcelona don’t and it will prove his decision was wrong.”
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Sky Sports presenter Kelly Cates is the daughter of the last manager to win the league for Liverpool, Kenny Dalglish.
And she says Sherwood was asking a lot for Liverpool to prove Coutinho wrong.
“Okay, it’s a big ask isn’t it, it’s a big ask,” she replied.
Liverpool and Barcelona could be drawn against each other at Friday’s Champions League quarter-final draw.