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Sir Alex Ferguson informed Jurgen Klopp that “sound management is crucial” when Philippe Coutinho submitted a transfer request in 2018.
Liverpool had publicly announced that Coutinho would not be leaving when Barcelona made three considerable offers for the midfielder two years ago.
But the Brazil international was not taking no for an answer and responded by submitting an email transfer request to jumpstart a £ 142m move in January.
Legendary Manchester United boss Ferguson experienced everything during his 39-year management career, and was asked about his thoughts on the saga while at a UEFA Elite Coaches Forum in Nyon, Switzerland in 2018.
Ferguson replied: “I believe that sound management is crucial in this situation.
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Part of your job as a coach is also to educate your players’ characters to take responsibility for what they are doing.
“Obviously, in some cases, that’s changing a little bit. It’s disappointing because I’m sure that, in the case of Liverpool, they did a very good job of making Coutinho the player he is today.”
“So, it’s a little disappointing, but you have to deal with that and the transfer window doesn’t help in that situation.”
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“If it closed in July, Coutinho would have continued playing and left. The matter would have ended.”
“The recommendation we see is to close the window before the season starts, so everyone knows what players they have and are not waiting to see what the first results will be.”
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