Mauricio Pochettino could be forgiven for feeling a sense of deja vu after seeing Alexis Mac Allister sign for Liverpool. This isn’t the first time a South American No.10 has snubbed Pochettino’s advances in favour of a cut-price switch to Liverpool. The same thing happened back in January 2013 when the Reds landed Philippe Coutinho from Inter Milan. Southampton even had a £10.2m bid accepted for Coutinho by Inter, only to be pipped to the post by Liverpool. Now, 10 years on from first being snubbed by the Brazilian, history has repeated itself with a South American No.10 declining Pochettino’s advances in favour of Liverpool.

Source: Express June 09, 2023 07:07 UTC