Philippe Coutinho looks for ... But it follows without finding

Philippe Coutinho arrived to the FC Barcelona with the vitola of star in the market of winter of the season 2017-2018. The Brazilian landed in can Barça pertinent of the Liverpool by 135 million euros, turning into the most expensive signing of the history of the club blaugrana.

The mediapunta arrived to Barcelona after some hard negotiations with the Liverpool, that in summer denied to sell to his star, but that finish yielding in front of the wishes of the player. The carioca had the mission to fill the gap that had left Neymar after his escape to the PSG.

The adaptation of the Brazilian is being more complicated of what presupposed . More of a year after his landing in the Camp Nou follows without having found the level of game that turned him into one of the best players of the Premier and in the star that fichó the Barça for his new project.

In front of the Girona, in the last party of the FC Barcelona in LaLiga, the footballer went back to do a party something mediocre and showed that it follows without finding his best version. The Brazilian is lacking of confidence and does not seem neither the shadow of the cheerful player, imaginative and decisive that dazzled in Liverpool.

In 90 minutes in front of the Girona, the carioca did not stick in any moment to the game of the team and went of the most toneless of the group of Ernesto Valverde. Had a pair of occasions very clear in both ones against ones, but forgave in both. Mark could be the balsam that relieve his symptoms, but not even is having luck in this sense.

Change of position and irruption of Dembélé

From his arrival to can Barça, the position of Coutinho has been one of the quebraderos of head of Valverde. The Brazilian always has played in the mediapunta, with freedom, or hit to the left band like the Hazard or Neymar. A footballer habilidoso and with able arrival of desequlibrar any party.

The problem is that in his arrival to Barcelona a lot of wanted to plant him like the substitute of Iniesta, when it is not it. It seems that Valverde at last has understood it and nowadays is one more in the line of 3 forwards of the Barça. But now Coutinho has to lidiar with the irruption of Dembélé.

The French is making an exceptional campaign and is giving this jump of quality that asked him the past season. It is marking goals (carries 13), is desequlibrando and each day understands better with Messi and Suárez. It does not seem the ideal situation to recover to the best Coutinho, but quality him leftover and Valverde and the Barcelona will have patience with a player that still can give him a lot of joys to the parish culé.