You'll care if we sign him.
If the article is true then we wont be...
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You'll care if we sign him.
So it wasn't Levy then.Truth behind Philippe Coutinho's failed Premier League return
EXCLUSIVE: Spurs chairman Daniel Levy wanted to complete a transfer for Coutinho, but then Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino didn't want to sign the Brazilianwww.mirror.co.uk
Philippe Coutinho potentially joining Tottenham was one of the most talked about transfers of last summer.
And, for the first time, Mirror Sport can reveal the real truth as to why a deal with Tottenham fell down and the Brazilian forward ended up joining Bayern Munich instead.
The picture was even clouded still further this week when a report in Spain wrongly claimed Coutinho had been left frustrated with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy for not getting the deal done.
But Coutinho's agent Kia Joorabchian told Mirror Sport: "Philippe Coutinho has no personal issue with Daniel Levy and claims otherwise are totally false. The deal did not collapse due to financial reasons."
And the reality is that Tottenham were ready to push ahead with a hugely ambitious deal - but it was ultimately Mauricio Pochettino who decided against it.
Levy was willing to do the Coutinho deal and it was not him who decided against it and the player could have ended up in a Spurs shirt which would have been a hugely popular move with the fans.
But the Coutinho deal fell down because Pochettino was keen to keep the dressing room equilibrium as he has always preferred to work with young players, develop players and has made his reputation as a manager without big names.
Never wanted him, he is well over rated.So it wasn't Levy then.
It was Poch. A slap in the face for the LOB
Maybe, but the point is that the LOB were blaming Levy, as per, when we didn't get him.Never wanted him, he is well over rated.
Pardon my ignorance but what is LOB?Maybe, but the point is that the LOB were blaming Levy, as per, when we didn't get him.
Blows a massive big hole in their argument that Levy has the final say on transfers, regardless of what the manager wants.
Levy Out Brigade = LOBPardon my ignorance but what is LOB?
Couldn't disagree more. From The Star..Never wanted him, he is well over rated.
Thanks, I'm tired of Levy bit I know he's not going anywhere especially now.Levy Out Brigade = LOB
My name for that crew. I'm a Lab = Levy Appreciation Brigade
Playing for the top team in bundesliga though. We are totally different.Couldn't disagree more. From The Star..
Coutinho has been hit and miss in the Bundesliga, scoring eight goals and registering six assists in 22 appearances.
Proven in the EPL. Top of my list.
I see that predictive text thingy is working well for youPlaying for the top team in bundles ligaments though. We are totally different.
I was tempted to not change it.I see that predictive text thingy is working well for you
I am not buying the idea that Poch did not want more established players, mind you.Maybe, but the point is that the LOB were blaming Levy, as per, when we didn't get him.
Blows a massive big hole in their argument that Levy has the final say on transfers, regardless of what the manager wants.
Of course he did. I'm sure that he wanted some players that Levy wouldn't sanction.I am not buying the idea that Poch did not want more established players, mind you.
Truth behind Philippe Coutinho's failed Premier League return
EXCLUSIVE: Spurs chairman Daniel Levy wanted to complete a transfer for Coutinho, but then Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino didn't want to sign the Brazilianwww.mirror.co.uk
Philippe Coutinho potentially joining Tottenham was one of the most talked about transfers of last summer.
And, for the first time, Mirror Sport can reveal the real truth as to why a deal with Tottenham fell down and the Brazilian forward ended up joining Bayern Munich instead.
The picture was even clouded still further this week when a report in Spain wrongly claimed Coutinho had been left frustrated with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy for not getting the deal done.
But Coutinho's agent Kia Joorabchian told Mirror Sport: "Philippe Coutinho has no personal issue with Daniel Levy and claims otherwise are totally false. The deal did not collapse due to financial reasons."
And the reality is that Tottenham were ready to push ahead with a hugely ambitious deal - but it was ultimately Mauricio Pochettino who decided against it.
Levy was willing to do the Coutinho deal and it was not him who decided against it and the player could have ended up in a Spurs shirt which would have been a hugely popular move with the fans.
But the Coutinho deal fell down because Pochettino was keen to keep the dressing room equilibrium as he has always preferred to work with young players, develop players and has made his reputation as a manager without big names.
With the info we have it is fair to conclude that they had an interest. But the level of that interest we do not know exactly.
but we do know that it didn't rise to 60M, or 40M, or 20M a year later.
It's what it's about BC. So keep it germane. So if you would like to demonstrate how I've been 'intellectually dishonest' in that debate.
Keep it germane BC. I've no interest in arguing with you around the margins.
You weren't. Admitting the truth is not magnanimity, it's fucking honesty. And since the evidence was laid out for all to see it's pathetic that you would suggest it was anything other than craven to say it was more than that.
Being magnanimous would be to admit you are talking bollocks on this 'brains' shit instead of bringing all kinds of personal attacks in order to save face or to attempt to find a likeminded pile-on...you know, being of higher mind and character.
So, still waiting on your intellectual honesty definition and example from tonight and last night. Perhaps you could display your newfound understanding of magnanimity and spare us the trip down that particular rabbit hole.
I need not take the road down every silly, desperate diversion you attempt to send me down in order to save your argument. Keep it germane.
But the Coutinho deal fell down because Pochettino was keen to keep the dressing room equilibrium as he has always preferred to work with young players, develop players and has made his reputation as a manager without big names.Truth behind Philippe Coutinho's failed Premier League return
EXCLUSIVE: Spurs chairman Daniel Levy wanted to complete a transfer for Coutinho, but then Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino didn't want to sign the Brazilianwww.mirror.co.uk
Direct quote from his agent specifically mentioning Levy and Spurs.I'm no Poch apologist, but I find this incredibly implausible on all fronts. That he has always preferred to "work with young players", "develop players" or that he knocked back Coutinho.
The first two we know are bollocks, and I'm pretty sure given the choice he'd have happily entertained the idea of Coutinho.