Yeah we'll see how it turns out before patting Liverpool on the back. You lose the player and a stand means nothing, you get a good fee or you don't, that's more important when it comes to the crunch. Coutinho stays and puts in an inconsistent season and it's not worth taking any stand. Money is almost nothing to PL sides now. Putting a transfer request in is unsavoury and creates animosity towards the player, but it's Barcelona and he's Brazilian.
Already fans are turning against him, which would obviously happen. I don't really know why fans of the non-La Liga two get offended or surprised when one of their leading South American players decide they want to join one of those two teams. Yeah it's shit but the majority of them would do anything to join those two teams, and so would many European players.