I wouldn't have him back.
If you look at our season stats in 17/18 with and without Coutinho ul to the point he left we fared better when he was out of the team than when he was in it !! Posted about it at the time.
With him we had some very high scoring games. But without him we had a better win ratio and goal difference.
We fared best with him to that point in the season when he played lwf.
Mane's form goals/assists wasnt too hot, from Phil's bad back to Phils move away. Which I've put down to him being disturbed by Coutinhos Barca amibition/Anfield-treachery.
Coutinho at lcm while very nice on the eye and a bit KDB like was a team weakness. Left too big a hole at times and lacked the bite and discipline for cm imo.
Klopps said iirc that as a team we became less predictable as too often it was give the ball to Phil and we became more easily neutralised.
When Klopp signed with us he said he's not interested in signing players he's worked with before ie Dortmund players at that time.
He wants to sign players he can improve and hes improved players hes worked with before.
Would reckon theres no chance of us signing him as Phil is the red flag/example to be made.
No point in risking Mane's form either. People have said before that Mane says positives about Phil but imo you can be positive about someone consciously whilst below that surface level there's issues that unsettle a player.
The idea was that Naby would provide more steel in midfield and do a similar job in attack, sadly a spate of injuries have robbed us of that reality.
Naby will/would allow us to play 433. With Phil in a fab 4 we needed to switch to a 4222/4231 system.
Presently there are better attacking options out there who can play across the front 3, or in a 4231 system that would imo produce a more potent attack.
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