Putting it in even more definite terms was ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher in his Daily Telegraph column.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakgarnerpurkis/2023/08/20/claims-newcastle-uniteds-eddie-howe-is-pep-guardiolas-equal-are-lunacy/

The ex-Liverpool winger has warned his former side ahead of their clash with Manchester United.

Source: https://www.liverpoolworld.uk/sport/football/liverpool/john-barnes-reveals-one-thing-liverpool-need-to-worry-about-against-man-united-4447215

The then 20-year-old had been described as “the future of Inter” by ex-Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez when the Italian giants brought him to Europe from Vasco da Gama aged only 16, but he struggled to establish himself in Italy.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/uk-sports/2023/01/30/on-this-day-in-2013-liverpool-sign-philippe-coutinho/