10 facts you didn’t know about Philippe Coutinho

#3 He has thrived under younger managers

Klopp has built his team around Coutinho

Jürgen Klopp has undoubtedly injected Philippe Coutinho with yet more enthusiasm and energy, which many wouldn’t have deemed possible, but the German is one of the oldest managers to have worked with the Brazilian.

Coutinho was trained by a 37-year-old Andrea Stramaccioni in his time at the San Siro, a 40-year-old Mauricio Pochettino during his loan spell with Espanyol and Brendan Rogers of the same age, when he initially joined Liverpool. It is, of course, coincidental, but it has clearly done the 24-year-old the world of good, as he is now one of the most respected young figures in the game himself.