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TRIBAL TRENDS - TOP 5: Barca veterans furious with Coutinho offer; Man Utd, Liverpool identify new Mbappe; Real Madrid go for Griezmann;

It's that time of the week again where we look back over the past seven days and check out what articles Tribal readers have fancied the most.

Overall, we've got stories about all the major clubs including Liverpool, Barcelona and Manchester United.

A stunning story revealed by De Spiegel detailing Barcelona's offer to Philippe Coutinho has taken out our top spot this week.

The Blaugrana reportedly presented the Brazilian with a five-year contractworth a staggering €115m - or €23m-a-year.

Somewhat surprisingly, the egos inside the Barca locker room were tremendously bruised by these revelations.

Well not Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez - they're fine because they got paid more. But the likes of Gerard Pique (30), Sergio Busquets (29) and Andrea Iniesta (33) are said to be furious about the 25-year-old playmaker potentially getting paid more than them…

Manchester United and Liverpool fans were understandably excited with a story Le Parisien publishedthis week.

The French publication reported that both clubs, as well as Juventus, Tottenham and Manchester City, are tracking Caen teenager Elye Wahi.

Big clubs keep on their eye on hundreds of unknown teenagers, but this one, well, this one has been touted as the new… Kylian Mbappe.

Settle down, he's only 14.

Real Madrid are planning to hijack Manchester United's move for Antoine Griezmann.

According to pundit Eduardo Inda, Los Blancos president Florentino Perez sees the Atletico Madrid striker as the perfect replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Frenchman has a release clause of €100m and Real are ready to infuriate their bitter rivals by triggering it next summer.

The big question is: will United sit idly while Real swoops in and gets Jose Mourinho's most coveted man?

A Tribal feature piece has detailed the most likely destination for Genoa whizkid Pietro Pellegri.

The 16-year-old made his mark recently with two goals against Lazio, and his potential has the biggest clubs around the world salivating at the prospect of having him at their club.

With Chelsea having Antonio Conte and Paolo Vanoli at the club, are their chances of signing Pellegri greater than Manchester United?

And finally, Marouane Fellaini has rejected a new contract offer from Manchester United, according the Daily Mail.

The Belgian has become a favourite of Jose Mourinho's in his one and a bit seasons at Old Trafford; the Portuguese has continuously, almost relentlessly, stressed Fellaini's importance when speaking to the media.

It's almost as if he is talking to Ed Woodward himself; 'sign him, for pete's sake, bloody sign him!'


Top 5 Tribalfootball stories September 20 - 26

1. FURY! Anger inside Barcelona locker room over Coutinho contract revelations

2. New Mbappe? Liverpool, Man Utd among scramble for Caen super junior Elye Wahi

3. Real Madrid president Florentino 'will meet buyout clause' of Man Utd target Griezmann

4. Pietro Pellegri chase: Why Man Utd have handed Genoa's phenomenon to Chelsea

5. Fellaini rejects Man Utd contract offer



Google

This week's top stories searched through Google are Fernando Torres' acceptance of his new Atletico Madrid role and Ronaldo helping Real Madrid recruit Manchester United youngster Angel Gomes.

1. Torres on Atletico: Super sub role? I've been fighting since Kilo and Salva were here

2. FURY! Anger inside Barca locker room over Coutino contract

3. Ronaldo jumps into Real, Barca battle for Man Utd whizkid Gomes

4. Pellegri chase: Why Man Utd have handed Genoa's phenomenon to the Blues

5. Real president Perez considers Negredo, Soldado move



Facebook

This week's top stories searched through the world's most popular social media site, Facebook, were Jurgen Klopp's fury in his pre-Spartak press conference, Bayern's failure to sign Naby Keita and Brendan Rodgers' Raheem Sterling revelation.

1. FURY! Anger inside Barca locker room over Coutino contract

2. Uncovered email exchanges of Reds, Barca over failed Coutinho contract

3. Klopp blows fuse with translator and Sky Sports

4. Bayern offered same Keita deal as L'Pool

5. Bhoys boss Rodgers: I tried to keep Sterling at 2k a week with L'Pool

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