But look what happened in the season after they sold him - £86 mill panic buys like Paulinho, Soldado, Lamela, Chadli, Capoue, Chiriches and a disappointing 6th place finish. I can see a similar outcome at Liverpool.
Not easy to lose the one player who can single-handedly win you matches - think Gareth Bale when he left Spurs.
There's less than 3 weeks of the window left and replacing Coutinho like for like would be a big ask - these deals normally take months to pin down. And with Man Utd getting their...
Liverpool know all about this situation. Who can forget when they bagged £50mill for Torres then spunked £35 mill of it on Andy Carroll on the last day of the transfer window.