Coutinho gets into an ugly mess that could take His place at Barca

The elimination of Barça in Rome was a historical debacle that will continue to be talked about for years. It is a blemish on a season that was predicted as legendary and, in addition, has had side effects.


One of them is the loss of confidence in Ernesto Valverde as an occupant of the Barça bench. Another, less exposed to the gallery, is the doubts about the project that were born between some of the players.

With Iniesta going to China , Umtiti demanding a salary increase and the second culé unit to be put up for sale as a closing settlement, Barça's starting eleven are discouraged as irreplaceable in the Barça scheme.

With discouragement because the seasons are long and need reinforcements to compete in guarantees, and in the case of Coutinho , for what could be and was not after stamping his signature on the Barça contract .

The Brazilian pressured Liverpool to leave Anfield in January after choosing to remain silent in summer. After half a season in the  Premier  and before the clear failure of  Ousmane Dembelé ,  Coutinho  saw in the wintry window the perfect moment.

Its price would shoot even higher after the  World Cup  and he considered that his figure and professional commitment had been reinforced after the first months of the calendar. I dreamed, in addition, to be part of a project capable of winning everything.

He could not imagine that at this point of the season his team would be so close to conquering the orejona and has told his surroundings to be aware of having made a mistake by forcing his departure.

In the heart culé not feel well those words and consider that they damage the image even more the image of a doublet that will be in nothing if the Real Madrid raises its third consecutive Champions League .

Philippe decided not to play European competition with Barça for half a season under the premise that Liverpool would not go far in the tournament.

Had he stayed in England the British team would add one more weapon to face Ronaldo and company. The club fell in Italy and Coutinho in January by choice. It stinks as much as Rome.