"Coutinho Is a 'crack' and has it everything to triumph in the Barça"

The ex footballer of the Espanyol, Joan Verdú, finds ready to begin his second season in the Qingdao Huanghai, team of the Second Division of China, and has conceded an interview to 'Sport' in which it has ensured that it will not lose the 'derbi' of this Sunday between Espanyol and Barcelona, praising to Philippe Coutinho with the one who shared changing room.

"It will be a derbi exciting. They are split that to all likes to see, there have been near precedents, with all what surrounds to the football, and does it more exciting if it fits of what by himself already is. In this type of parties gives the same the classification, a derbi always is a derbi and always wants to win, the players have it aimed in the calendar. Although the Barça was going through a good moment, the Espanyol has his tools".

"Memory to Coutinho like a person introvertida, an atypical Brazilian"

And they have asked after him Philippe Coutinho, as it is natural, with the one who coincided when the Brazilian were 19 years old and finish to arrive yielded to the Espanyol, pertinent of the Inter of Milan. "The truth is that had only 19 years and already showed things that did him be different. Yes intuía. It has had an ascending career and now is in the Barça with the best of the world".

Coutinho Is an atypical Brazilian, according to Verdú. "I remember him like a person quite introvertida, that came to a new place and was not the typical Brazilian thrown for forward, more extrovertido. It did very good season in the Espanyol and think that he saves very good memories of this stage".

Coutinho, ideal for the FC Barcelona

It thinks, in this sense, that will adapt to perfection to the FC Barcelona. "Coutinho Is a grandísimo player, by not saying one of the cracks to world-wide level, and to this level, the footballers adapt fast. It knows the football of elite, knows the city and will be him very easy integrate and adapt to the system of game of Valverde. I am loved to have it known and have played with somebody of this level".

It is convinced, in fact, that Coutinho will triumph in the FC Barcelona. "Philippe is one of the best footballers of the world and has conditions to triumph in the Barça, clear, but always there are difficult factors to foresee. But I think so, that will triumph, because it has it everything, is a very complete player, technically very good, that kicks with the two legs and that it is also fisícamente a portento".

How it will go him to Mascherano in China?

Finally, it explains with what will find Mascherano in the Superliga of China, after having signed by the Hebei Fortune. "Everything is different, the culture, the football… Mascherano goes to a powerful team, with a lot of tradition behind and of which more spend. The Chinese is a football that wants to put to the level of the European and for this are struggling, to approach to this level. To him also it will help him a lot have a technical body with Manuel Pellegrini, will do him easier the adaptation".