We are in January 2018, and one of the biggest transfers in the history of football is made at the end of this winter transfer window: Philippe Coutinho leaves Liverpool and joins FC Barcelona for nearly 160 million euros. A resounding failure for a player who will have had as the sole passage noticed to the club to have contributed to the slap received against Bayern Munich during the final 8, the Brazilian then lent to Germany scoring a double.
“The start was really good. My first six months in Barcelona were excellent. We won a title and I was playing really well. But the following season, after the World Cup, I was no longer at the same level. My performances dropped and it was difficult for me. I wanted to be up to expectations, including mine, but I did not get there ”said the environment, which is evolving today in Vasco de Gama alongside Dimitri Payet. An too heavy weight to wear for a player who will have made Anfield fans dream in the last decade.
