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title: "‘Get the lighters ready lads’ – Liverpool fans react to busy day in transfer saga on Twitter"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/get-the-lighters-ready-lads-liverpool-fans-react-to-busy-day-in-transfer-saga-on-twitter/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Jonny Gorrie"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2017-08-11T19:25:16Z"
modified: "2017-08-11T19:25:16Z"
---

# ‘Get the lighters ready lads’ – Liverpool fans react to busy day in transfer saga on Twitter

**The summer window isn’t going to plan for the Liverpool fans in the Transfer Tavern.**

At all.

Indeed, there’s a huge frustration amongst our resident Kopites as the club struggle to bring in more players and it seems the problems aren’t only on the recruitment front.

Star man Philippe Coutinho has been [touted](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/08/09/liverpool-reject-second-barcelona-bid-philippe-coutinho-90m/) as a potential target for Barcelona for much of the summer and, today, that saga took a twist. Firstly, reports emerged [suggesting](https://twitter.com/SkyKaveh/status/895970587809648640) the 25-year-old had handed in a transfer request in order to force through a move.

However, that wasn’t the end of it. There were then [claims](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-coutinho-barcelona-transfer-request-13463687) that story was wide of the mark and that he wasn’t trying to force through a move to the Camp Nou, where he could replace compatriot Neymar.

All of this came after FSG released a statement stating the Brazilian international was definitely not for sale, so it’s fair to say it’s been a busy day for the resident Reds in the Tavern.

With that in mind, here’s a look at how Liverpool fans reacted on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/paddyoflaefc/status/895973964622725121

https://twitter.com/LFCAnderson/status/895974047481303041

> CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON PLEASE I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SOME MAJOR FLAPPING TO DO [#LFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#Coutinho](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Coutinho?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Mikey (@Mikey\_R\_1992) [August 11, 2017](https://twitter.com/Mikey_R_1992/status/895974536235163650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/Nicoharrison99/status/895974498062807042

> That's it, send the city's gangsters in. Threaten to knee cap Coutinho like they did with Gerrard when he nearly joined Chelsea….. [#LFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Rafa the Gaffa (@LFCTOMM) [August 11, 2017](https://twitter.com/LFCTOMM/status/895974322417938432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/WH33LZ1/status/895974280000921603

> Having this feeling that Coutinho doesn't really want to leave. FSG are trying to force him out for profit fooling both us and Klopp [#LFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Taran Nagpal (@TD\_LFC) [August 11, 2017](https://twitter.com/TD_LFC/status/895974119677636609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)