Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard reveals on his autobiography that Luis Suarez rated Coutinho as a great future prospect and asked him to take care of the Brazilian before he left the training ground for the last time.
Liverpool’s Luis Suarez, center, celebrates scoring the first goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match against Norwich City at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Wednesday Dec. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Clint Hughes)
Gerrard himself regards Coutinho as Liverpool’s main man and is certain that top giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona would come after Coutinho in few more seasons. Gerrard believes Liverpool should make the most out of the Brazilian before he goes to one of the Spanish giants.
Meanwhile Gerrard also revealed that he knew Balotelli would not be a good fit for Liverpool Football club at the earliest of the signing.
I had seen a staggering number of new signings walk into the Liverpool training ground. I watched every single one of their first training sessions with close attention, wondering whether we’d bought a star or another dud, a king or a prat, a Xabi Alonso or an El Hadji Diouf, a Luis Suarez or a Mario Balotelli.
Three players stand out in my time at Liverpool. They all speak Spanish. Each of them unleashes a wave of emotion in me and in every Liverpool supporter: Fernando Torres. Xabi Alonso. Luis Suarez.
It was clear Alonso was royalty after our first training session together in August 2004, and Rafa Benitez, who had been so clever to buy him in the first place, was equally stupid to sell him to Real Madrid five years later. He was, by some distance, the best central midfielder I ever played alongside.
He also said that Rafa was stupid to sell Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid.
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