Steven Caulker played for GB in the Olympics, and one game for the senior England team in a friendly (he scored). Scotland didnāt want him, though Caulker made himself available for them.
Now he will play in AFCON with Sierra Leone. Fair play to the lad. Glad he seems to have overcome his depression and is doing well in Turkey.
In all seriousness though, as much as I wouldnāt normally want him here (the way he left, playing style, form, current condition) a 6 month loan with an option to buy at Ā£33m? And completed early in the window ready for all league games? Thereās actually worse business we could have done. Especially if we do no business full stop as expected.
Be realistic Coutinho is still a fantastic player who made the wrong move at the worst stage of his career. He was still one of our best players when he left, did reasonable at Bayern on loan too didnāt he? 11 goals, 9 assists in 38 games that season for a player demotivated and out of form uncertain about his future and think he had injury issues too. Gerrard might have struck an awe inspiring deal if Coutinho can look at this as a fresh start and get his shit together.
Nat, for all the jokes, we will be lucky if a club fancy a solid, no nonsense, hardman CB enough to offer us Ā£15m