Takumi Minamino

Sadio Mane, Takumi Minamino and Divock Origi are amongst those who recently left Liverpool and have discovered there are plenty of challenges away from ...

The switch marked Barcelona's £120m loss, while Coutinho's fast start at Villa initially raised hopes but his form has since returned to the kind of depths it reached at the Camp Nou. Can initially arrived at the Signal Iduna Park on loan, before making the move permanent a month later. He did enjoy netting his first goal for his new side last weekend, bagging the second in a 3-0 win over Reims. At one stage, the Brazilian international was widely regarded as Liverpool's go-to man. [HAVE YOUR SAY!](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-mane-minamino-transfer-regret-28032905#comments-wrapper) Was Mane wrong to leave Liverpool? Mane's side sit fifth in the table, five points behind league-leaders Union Berlin and three points adrift of long-time title rivals Borussia Dortmund. The German international joined Liverpool as a 20-year-old and proved to be a vital addition to the Reds due to his ability to be deployed in a number of different positions. He is at his best when he comes from the outside. I saw him at Liverpool, where he played through the middle. It is a damning indictment of how surplus to requirements Minamino was for the biggest games at Liverpool that his first and as of yet only goal for Monaco was just his seventh league goal in two-and-a-half years. [Quotidien Du Sport](https://www.lequotidiendusport.fr/1er-bilan-mercato-vitinha-au-top-minamino-le-flop/) have already declared Minamino as the flop of the season as a result of his slow start. [Michael Edwards](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-michael-edwards-liverpool-offer-27744772), [Liverpool](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc) have earned a reputation as being one of the shrewdest clubs around due to the unknown gems they have unearthed and the money they have recouped on players many would have struggled to get half the fee for.