Liverpool defender Kolo Toure last week hailed Philippe Coutinho as "the best player at the club". High praise indeed given the presence of Luis Suarez and Steven Gerrard in Liverpool's ranks, but not especially surprising to anyone that has witnessed the huge impact made by the diminutive Brazilian in the relatively short time he's been in England.
Whilst Toure's overlooking of Suarez can perhaps be explained by the lack of training time the pair have spent together so far (not to mention Suarez's reported lack of application in the sessions he did take part in), nevertheless, Coutinho is rapidly becoming the new darling of the Kop. With Gerrard now seen as part of the Anfield furniture and perhaps taken somewhat for granted these days, the sudden fall from grace of Suarez has left Coutinho as the brightest star shining in L4, not to mention the top selling shirt in the club shop this summer.
The manner in which Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge combined to completely destroy the likes of Newcastle and Fulham at the back end of last season meant few people were even bothering to talk about a certain suspended Uruguayan as the season drew to a close. A lot has since been said and written about the Reds' troublesome number seven, but essentially nothing has changed. He's still a Liverpool player, he's still suspended and Coutinho and Sturridge are still ensuring his absence is not proving too harmful to the Reds.
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