The name of Philippe Coutinho sounded in the possible list of exits before the past market of signings. However, his profile could be necessary for the FC Barcelona, now that other referents in attack like Lionel Messi or Antoine Griezmann no longer will dress the Barcelona T-shirt.
Although it arrived in 2018 with some expectations on him so big like the figure that paid the club by his signing, 120 million euros more 40 millions in variables, his qualities have not been able to adapt to the diagram of game of the Barça, included when the headline of the technical direction was Ernesto Valverde.
The difficulties that has faced have carried him to be yielded, as when it dressed the T-shirt of the Bayern of Munich in the season 2019-20, being the artífice of two of the goals of the humillante 2-8 in Lisbon that marked a disastrous season for the team directed then by Quique Setién.
'Cou' Was near to abandon the Barça definitively
With the promotion of Joan Laporta to the presidency of the club, began to study the possibility of traspasarle and do box. Nevertheless, the possible buyers had not presented his offers, or at least a near to the basic price of 30 million euros, an abysmal fall in his index card.
The injury that suffered in 2020 was a hard hit for the Brazilian, what carried him to go through the operating theatre with an extensive period of recovery that included the query with specialists in Brazil to give with an answer. Nevertheless, Koeman already has given him a vote of confidence and expects to have he for the duel of Champions in front of the Bayern, fixed for 14 September.