After the week that was, it's natural things are a bit quieter this morning. When you're waiting for them to #AnnouncePepe, there's not a lot that's going to beat that. That said, I have woken up to stories from Spain about how we're apparently interested in signing Philippe Coutinho on loan from Barcelona. After what happened with Pepe and how unexpected that was, I guess we can't rule anything out, but given the outlay on the Ivorian, and the far more pressing needs we have at the back, I find it hard to believe any of that is true. The only conceivable way it could happen is if we're selling someone like Mesut Ozil and/or Henrikh Mkhitaryan, but otherwise there's nothing about this that...
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