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title: "Journalist provides update about potential Coutinho reunion at Liverpool"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/articles/journalist-provides-update-about-potential-coutinho-reunion-at-liverpool/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
section: "Articles"
published: "2020-03-31T09:15:00Z"
modified: "2020-03-31T09:15:00Z"
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# Journalist provides update about potential Coutinho reunion at Liverpool

Liverpool have ‘zero interest’ in bringing Philippe Coutinho back to the club, according to the [Mirror’s](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-zero-interest-philippe-coutinho-21782003) David Maddock.

The Brazilian departed Anfield back in January 2018, making a big-money move to Barcelona.

Life in Spain hasn’t exactly panned out in the way Coutinho had hoped, however, and he is currently on loan at Bayern Munich.

Despite rumours [linking](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2020/03/14/liverpool-urged-to-re-sign-coutinho-this-summer-2/) the 27-year-old with a Liverpool reunion, Maddock has ruled out a transfer happening this summer.

He states that it could mean Coutinho moves to a top-six Premier League rival instead, with Barca willing to sell him.

### Read Liverpool Verdict

Coutinho was a fantastic player for five years at Liverpool, but I don’t see the need to bring him back. The Reds have moved on since he left, with Jurgen Klopp finding a perfect balance in his midfield and attack.

Coutinho is almost too flamboyant to thrive in this industrious midfield – he averages fewer tackles per game this season ([1.0](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/80767/Show/Philippe-Coutinho)) than [Jordan Henderson (2.2), Fabinho (2.1) and Naby Keita (1.8)](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/26/Show/England-Liverpool) – and lacks the pace out wide to flourish in the front-three.

He also turns 28 this year, so I don’t see him as a long-term option, considering he is the same age as Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane. Coutinho may also not come cheap, when that money could be spent on more tailor-made players, such as [Timo Werner](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2020/03/04/werner-really-wants-liverpool-move/), who has a [release clause](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/media-watch/386497-klopp-ready-to-trigger-timo-werner-s-50m-release-clause) of £50m.

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