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Philippe Coutinho had made a surprise admission by claiming that he is happy that Liverpool won the Champions League.
Coutinho quit the Reds in January 2018 to join Barcelona for a fee of around £142million.
Since then Liverpool have reached two finals and triumphed this year by winning Tottenham 2-0.
Liverpool beat Coutinho’s Barcelona in the semi-final in May, coming back from a 3-0 deficit from the first leg to win 4-3 on aggregate.
Neil Mellor says Coutinho will not be happy with that result but pleased to see fellow Brazil internationals Alisson, Fabinho and Roberto Firmino succeed.
“That will be a question for him,” Mellor told americangambler.com when asked if Coutinho would be happy at
Liverpool's victory.
“But I think he will be happy for Alison, Fabinho and his Brazilian compatriots but maybe not so happy that his side were knocked out in the semi-finals the way that they were.”
“I think Coutinho was a great player for Liverpool and I really did enjoy watching him,” he added.
“He had creative influence to make things happen and of course, I was disappointed when he left.
“Leaving for Barcelona for whatever reason, he hasn’t shown the same quality at Barcelona that he did at Liverpool.
