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38 WGM #55 2018/02 wgm8.com 39 WGM #55 2018/02 wgm8.com 体育 SPORT 追逐梦想 Chasing the dream 最终，利物浦别无他法，只能让他 们的当家球星费利佩•库蒂尼奥转 会去了巴萨，但同时红军也创造了 俱乐部历史上最高的转会纪录。 In the end, Liverpool had no other choice but to let star midfielder Philippe Countinho complete his dream move to Barcelona – but in the process they achieved the third highest transfer fee of all time. 文陆逸 By Leanne Lu 费 利佩•库蒂尼奥站在诺坎普球场中央，露出灿烂的 笑容，冲着看台上的球迷挥手示意。这位前红军球 星长期等待的加盟巴萨的转会，终于尘埃落定。尽 管巴西球星离开的消息让很多利物浦死忠心碎，但这笔转 会也创造了俱乐部历史上最高昂的转会收入，可稍稍聊以 慰藉。 S tanding in themiddle of CampNou, PhilippeCoutinho grinned and waved to the fans as the former Liverpool star’s long-awaited move to Barcelona finally became reality. But while news of the Brazilian’s departure broke the hearts of the Liverpool faithful, they can at least take heart in the fact that his huge transfer fee represents one of the club’s shrewdest ever pieces of business. Having joined Liverpool in an £8.5 million deal in January of 2013, Coutinho developed into one of the English Premier League’s finest players. And with Barcelona singling him out as the perfect long-term replacement for Andrés Iniesta – not to mentioned seeking a big name replacement for Neymar – the result was a massive £142 million fee to seal Coutinho’s move to Spain. That represents a tidy profit of £133.5 million in just five years. This astronomic figure makes the Brazilian the third most expensive player in football history after Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, both of whommade the move to cashed up Paris Saint Germain this season. It was widely acknowledged that Liverpool would not be able to keep Coutinho beyond this season, but most anticipated that he would follow that path of Luis Suarez