from the great start with Barça to disenchantment

Four months after the ‘no’ of the Liverpool at the end of August 2017 to have him in the group stage of that Championsthe insistence of Barça with 120 million and 40 variables converted to Philippe Coutinho in the most expensive signing in Barça history on the afternoon of January 6, 2018. Robert Fernandezthen technical secretary, saw him as the replacement for Andrés Iniesta, who at the end of that course left the club. They cohabited five months in which ‘Cou‘ arrived in top form. Ernesto Valverde he alternated the right and left inside positions and even played as a false left winger in a 4-4-2 in the decisive league duel won against Atlético (1-0) and the final of Copa in front of Sevilla (5-0) with a penalty goal included.

quickly connected with Louis Suarez, friend of his from the stage at Anfield, and Messi. But that one Coutinho with effectiveness the following campaign was diluted with an alarming loss of confidence. Of the nine goals and seven assists in the 22 games at the end of the 2017-18 season to contribute to the double League Cup he went on to 16 goals and seven assists in the following 84 matches as a Barça player.

In 2018-19 he returned the whistles of the Camp Nou putting his fingers to his ears after scoring against the Manchester United In rooms. In the ‘semis’ he couldn’t remedy the 4-0 Liverpool and the Barça looked for a way out. The Tottenham did not sign an already written contract and ended up on loan at the Bayern, which paid eight million. Without being a regular starter, triplet with Hansi Flick coach and two goals plus assist in the 2-8 at Barça In rooms.

He returned and recovered part of his illusion with Ronald Koeman. he gave him stripes and started with two goals but he was seriously injured in December. He reappeared in September but was one more in the losing inertia and, faced with the need to lighten salaries to sign in the winter market, Xavi Hernández He gave the OK for him to go to the Aston Villa con Steven Gerrard on another loan. He won’t come back. The transfer for 20 million is now official.

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