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40 WGM #55 2018/02 wgm8.com 41 WGM #55 2018/02 wgm8.com 体育 SPORT 自2013年1月以850万英镑加盟利物浦以来，库蒂尼奥 已成长为英超联赛中最优秀的球员之一。巴萨将库蒂尼奥 视为安德烈斯•伊涅斯塔的长期接班者——更不用提填补 内马尔离开后的空缺——这才带来了这笔价值高达1.42亿 英镑的转会。这意味着，红军在短短五年时间内就创造了 1.335亿英镑的利润。 这笔天文数字的转会让巴西人成了足球历史上身价第 三高的球员，仅次于内马尔和姆巴佩，这两名球员本赛季 都加盟了资金雄厚的巴黎圣日耳曼。 此前众所周知的是，利物浦很难在下赛季前挽留住库 蒂尼奥，但绝大多数预测他会遵循路易斯•苏亚雷斯相同的 轨迹，身披红军战袍结束完美的最后赛季。但库蒂尼奥有 不同的想法。 2017年最后一场比赛，利物浦主场迎战莱斯特城。在 比赛最后时刻，尤尔根•克洛普为了增强防守，换上了拉 格纳•克拉万来保护2-1的领先优势。库蒂尼奥被换下场， 他环顾四周，脸上并无太多喜悦，然后举起双手为球迷鼓 掌。在边线上，克洛普用一个温暖的拥抱迎接库蒂尼奥下 场。球场内，没太多球迷意识到这一刻的意义，但后来我 们才知道，当时库蒂尼奥已经下定决心，并且知道这是他 为利物浦踢的最后一场球。 克洛普最终做了让库蒂尼奥转会离开的决定，尽管利 物浦在去年夏天曾经态度强硬，三次拒绝西班牙豪门的报 价来强行挽留住这位球星。原因很简单。 克洛普解释道：“在我们沟通了之后，很明显已经找 不到解决办法了。我们都知道，俱乐部已经竭尽所能留住 他。” 对很多南美洲的足球明星而言，代表巴萨踢球代表着 他们足球职业生涯的巅峰。库蒂尼奥小时候还在瓦斯科达 by looking to finish his last season in a Liverpool jersey on a high. Coutinho saw it a different way. In the final game of 2017, Liverpool played at home against Leicester City. In the dying minutes, Jürgen Klopp substituted on Ragnar Klavan to enhance the defence, protecting his side's 2-1 lead. Coutinho came off, looked around the stadium and without much joy, raised his hands to the applause. On the touchline, Klopp welcomed Coutinho with a warm hug. Not many in the stadium recognized the significance of this moment at the time, but as we now know Coutinho had already made up his mind and knew he had played his last match for Liverpool. In the end, Klopp made the final call to let Coutinho go, despite the club having made such a strong stance in keeping him last summer by rejecting three offers from the Spanish giants. The reason was simple. “It was just clear after we spoke that it would not work out. We knew it when the club tried everything,” Klopp explained. For football players from South America, playing for Barcelona represents the brightest moment in their football careers. When Coutinho was still young and learning his trade in Vasco da Gama’s youth academy, he worshiped another Brazilian, Ronaldinho, who worked his magic at Camp Nou. Also an attacking midfielder who could play on the wing, Coutinho shares similar attributes to his idol in that he is skillful, creative and full of imagination. He can create for teammates and score from distance. Suarez, who was a big brother for the young Brazilian when the pair played together on Merseyside, set a clear pathway for Coutinho to follow. Since joining Barca from Liverpool in 2014, Suarez has won two La Liga titles, a Champions League title and three Copa del Reys in a row. Scoring 96 goals from 112 La Liga appearance compared with 69 goals from 110 league appearance in Liverpool, he has also benefited from the brilliance of his teammates, particularly Lionel Messi. The Suarez-Coutinho reunion will benefit both — no wonder Suarez helped to sort out a house for the Brazilian even before his transfer had been finalized! The timing of the transfer is not ideal for Liverpool, particularly as they are still alive and well in both the UEFA Champions League and FACup. The recent £75million deal to bring defender Virgil van Dijk to Anfield has revealed the Reds’ determination to build on their momentum. Losing their key player in the winter transfer window, which could jeopardize their season, was the last thing Klopp would have wanted. But all the ongoing speculation about Coutinho’s future would also have affected the morale of the dressing room, with the mood and expressions of the Brazilian in front of his teammates unlikely to have masked his real desire. In the end, Klopp made the best decision for the club. It’s worth noting that Coutinho’s first ever tattoo, drawn on his left arm, is a Latin phrase meaning “Never Stop Dreaming.” He followed his dream from Brazil to Europe, from Italy to England and now to Barcelona – his ultimate goal. 伽马青训营锤炼技艺时，就崇拜着另一个巴西人罗纳尔迪 尼奥，他在诺坎普球场施展着魔术。 和小罗一样能踢攻击型中场和边锋，库蒂尼奥和他的 偶像有相似的属性。他们同样技术出众，富有创造力和想 象力。他既能为队友创造机会，同时也有很强的远射得分 能力。 昔日同在默西赛德郡时，苏亚雷斯像大哥一样照顾年 轻的巴西人，而他也给库蒂尼奥提供了清晰的成长道路去 遵循。自2014年从利物浦加盟巴萨以来，苏亚雷斯已经拿 到两座西甲联赛冠军和一座欧洲冠军联赛奖杯，并连续三 年蝉联西班牙国王杯。在西甲，苏亚雷斯在112场联赛中 攻入96球；而昔日效力利物浦时，他在110场联赛中只打 进69球。苏亚雷斯很大程度上受益于队友的创造力，尤其 是梅西。苏亚雷斯和库蒂尼奥的重聚，能让两人都受益匪 浅——难怪在转会完成之前，苏亚雷斯就已经帮助巴西人 张罗了住所！ 这笔转会的时机对利物浦而言并不理想，尤其他们目 前在欧冠联赛和足总杯中都在齐头并进。最近，范迪克以 7,500万英镑加盟安菲尔德的转会，体现了红军希望更上一 层楼的决心。而在冬季转会窗口失去本队核心球员，这有 可能会影响到红军的赛季走势，也不是克洛普所愿意看到 的事情。但是，关于库蒂尼奥未来的流言蜚语满天飞，同 样也会影响更衣室的士气，而巴西人在队友面前的情绪和 表情，也丝毫不掩饰他的个人愿望。最终，克洛普为俱乐 部做了最好的决定。 值得注意的是，库蒂尼奥的第一个纹身选择纹在他的 左臂，是一句拉丁语，意思是“从不停止梦想”。他追随 着自己的梦想，从巴西到了欧洲，从意大利加盟英国，如 今又来到巴萨——这也是他的终极目标。