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According to Le10sport, Liverpool are monitoring Philippe Coutinho along with Manchester United and Chelsea in what would be a sensational swoop for their former player if it were to happen.

What's the word, then?

Well, as many of us will know, Coutinho left Anfield back in January 2018 in a mega £142m move to Barcelona - he even handed in a transfer request and paid a chunk of his own money in order to make the move happen.

Things haven't gone to plan for the Brazilian international at the Camp Nou, however. Coutinho admitted after his latest Copa America match that he 'doesn't know' if he will continue at Barcelona, after a dismal campaign in which his own fans booed him at times.

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The former Inter playmaker netted just 11 times for the Spanish champions last term whilst making little impact, and the signs point to an exit this summer after just a season-and-a-half in Catalonia.

Would he even get into Liverpool's team now?

Make no mistake about it, Liverpool have progressed significantly since the 5 ft 8 attacker's departure.

The influential duo of Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk were signed in the aftermath of Coutinho's exit, and Jurgen Klopp has transformed his team from one that used to rely on the Brazilian's wizardry, to one that has become much more defensively solid and well rounded.

Part of that is down to the German not using an out-and-out No.10 anymore like Coutinho was. A more compact midfield trio of Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, James Milner or Georginio Wijnaldum tends to be used by Klopp, especially in the bigger games.

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The likes of Henderson and Wijnaldum are more box-to-box midfielders and arguably offer more to Klopp, whereas Coutinho is just an out-and-out No.10 who primarily covers the final third of the field - it could be said that he would only be a luxury player were he to return to Anfield.

Klopp seems to prefer a defensive-minded player in the position where Coutinho once stood now; the Reds have left their former magician behind and have no need for him anymore - the fact that they scored a whopping 89 goals in 38 Premier League games last term reinforces that fact very nicely.