In case you hadn’t heard, Liverpool are not involved in European competition this season.
That means the Premier League title contenders have a few days off before their match against West Ham United on Sunday, and they have taken the opportunity to watch a Champions League game without any added pressure.
With most of Tuesday night’s games acting as relative dead rubbers, Jürgen Klopp decided to take his squad and backroom staff to Camp Nou for Barcelona’s game against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
📷 Jürgen Klopp and the @LFC squad are at Camp Nou to see #FCBBorussia in the #UCL #FCBlive pic.twitter.com/bUmhhPr6Kk
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 6, 2016
Four wins out of five before the visit of the Bundesliga team meant Barcelona were already through as group winners, meaning attention turned to why Klopp and co might have chosen this particular game.
In the light of some recent rumours about Philippe Coutinho, some Liverpool fans began to fear the worst. And it wasn’t just Reds supporters jumping to that conclusion.
https://twitter.com/Tea_Beer_LFC/status/806225867525550084
Coutinho there to agree his contract?
— Retro United (@Retro_Utd) December 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/ka92010rock/status/806220736725532672
Of course, not everyone is that pessimistic, and some were daring to dream that one former Liverpool favourite might be the centre of attention.
https://twitter.com/RobboLFCx/status/806220318104817664
phase one of operation 'Bring Back Suarez'
— Nathan 🔴 (@bmwm5400) December 6, 2016
And the rest…
@ali_imy He's come back for Luis Suarez😂 We'll take Pique, Neymar, Messi and Iniesta too
— Winter Soldier✪ (@ShugzyMalone) December 6, 2016
A more realistic explanation might be nothing to do with any of Barcelona or Liverpool’s squad members, but rather one of the German club’s starting XI.
Mahmoud Dahoud has been heavily linked with a move to Anfield in the past, so was this all about the Germany Under-21 international?
He wants Dahoud.. 😂
— Marco 😁 (@IndigoFX_) December 6, 2016
But Klopp might have competition for his compatriot.
https://twitter.com/DaireDoyle/status/806228341435092992
Signez Dahoud. @FCBarcelona
— Ben 🇵🇸 (@Uoleb) December 6, 2016
Anyway, we’re probably overreacting. Our guess is Klopp just wanted to treat his players to some slightly warmer weather than what they can expect back on Merseyside.
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