JURGEN KLOPP’S

statement on Philippe Coutinho (below) after his transfer felt genuine. A great person and a great player who grew at Liverpool — that was the gist of his message. Many a time you leave a club and you’re not sure whether you felt that warmth. He felt it there. Sometimes, there just comes a point where you have to accept the situation and move on, which Liverpool did. It’s a fortune in terms of money — £145m. You’d like to think it will be spent wisely and they have spent half of it on Van Dijk.