Steven Gerrard acknowledges Liverpool will miss "great footballer" Philippe Coutinho after the Brazilian formally finished his fantasy move to Barcelona on Monday.
Liverpool could repulse a progression of offers for Coutinho in August, however the Premier League side enabled the playmaker to make the move to Camp Nou and turn into Barca's most costly marking after the January exchange window opened.
Coutinho supposedly paid around £10 million of his own cash to help push through an arrangement answered to be worth up to £142 million, setting a record for an exchange including a British club.
Also, Gerrard, who played with Coutinho towards the finish of his own Anfield playing profession, trusts it will be hard to supplant the 25-year-old, who scored 41 Premier League objectives for Liverpool.
"Despite everything i'm processing it as a Liverpool fan," Gerrard, now an institute mentor at the club, revealed to BT Sport.
"I'm not amazed by it. I know Liverpool have done all that they can to keep him and they contended energetically to keep him until the mid year.
"In any case, when a child has a fantasy, a South American, that he needs to play for Barcelona and he supposes this is the main open door he will get, at that point it's extremely hard to stop it.
"There's no doubt about it, Liverpool will miss him. He's a wonderful footballer, a great person and to be fair to him he hasn't downed tools at all. I respect his decision and wish him all the best."
Jurgen Klopp's side have been linked with players including Leicester winger Riyad Mahrez and Monaco's France international Thomas Lemar to fill the void left by Coutinho, and Gerrard backed his club to spend the money wisely.
"Liverpool will go on," Gerrard added. "They've got big money for him and I'm sure they'll replace him with the right people."
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