Daily Mail

Coutinho and Liverpool are class acts

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ONE transfer has dominated the last seven days, and the way Philippe Coutinho’s move to Barcelona was handled by Liverpool and the player was first class. These days you see players feigning injuries, throwing their toys out of the pram and saying: ‘I’ll never play for this club again.’ It was clear Liverpool had some work to do because he would have been angry about not going in the summer. But once he got his head around that, you only had to watch him — he gave everything he could for Liverpool. I know it would have been better for them had he e gone in the summer but I think it shows a bit of class the way they let him go now. In our dressing room, Glen Johnson and Joe Allen — who spent time with Coutinho (right) at Anfield — were adamantt hhe ddeservedd ththe move. They raved about him, saying what a great lad he is but, above all, he is a top-class player. I’ve played against him a few times and he is one of those midfielder­s who can slow the game down to the pace they want to play at. Total calmness on the ball. He can score and create and I’m certain he will go to a different level at Barcelona.

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