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Philippe Coutinho U-turn

Liverpool have been urged to change their minds on signing Philippe Coutinho this summer and fork out to bring their old forward back to Anfield, according to Phil Thompson.

Coutinho is expected to leave Barcelona this summer, with Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham leading the way to sign the Brazilian.

“They are probably looking at that creative midfield player,” he said. “Would you take Coutinho back? I would, in a heartbeat. I think he’s a creative genius.

“You look back at his Liverpool career and he was absolutely terrific. He’s not too old and I still think he could come back. It probably won’t happen but it’s that creative player just off the front three that would probably just tip the balance.”

Ferran Torres to Manchester United

Manchester United are looking to sign Valencia star Ferran Torres.

According to The Athletic, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are prepared to pay Torres’ £87million release clause IF their swoop for Jadon Sancho fails.

The 20-year-old has enjoyed another profitable campaign for Valencia having scored six goals and provided seven assists in 35 appearances – including two Champions League strikes.

His displays have attracted attention from across Europe with Real Madrid, Juventus and Liverpool all showing interest in the versatile winger, whose contract expires in June 2021.

The Daily Mail suggest Valencia will have to offload Torres this summer for a reduced price rather than seeing him walk away for free next year.

Jadon Sancho possibility

Manchester United signing Jadon Sancho in the next transfer window is a “very big possibility”, according to European football expert Julien Laurens.

The Borussia Dortmund star excited fans at the weekend during an Instagram live session by suggesting he would be signing for United.

A fan asked Sancho to take a sip of water if he was joining United, which he duly obliged to do.

Laurens reckons it was a joke from Sancho and that a deal is clearly not done between United and Dortmund yet.

However, he says there is a very good chance the 20-year-old will end up joining the Old Trafford club.

“He might be joining United and United will certainly do a lot of work,” Laurens told the Gab and Juls podcast. “I don’t think it’s done already, obviously, but I think it’s a very big possibility he will end up at Old Trafford in the summer, whenever the transfer window opens.”

Tanguy Ndombele priority

Barcelona is Tanguy Ndombele’s preference should he leave Tottenham in the upcoming transfer window.

That’s according to Spanish publication Sport, who claim Barcelona have liked Ndombele since his days in Ligue 1.

Ndombele, 23, arrived at Tottenham from Lyon for an initial £55million plus a further £9m in add-ons, but his relationship with manager Jose Mourinho is at breaking point.

However, there’s a problem. Sport claim Barcelona have a ‘complicated’ relationship with Mourinho and club chief Daniel Levy is a notoriously tough negotiator.