The one who have followed all the parties of the FC Barcelona along the present season 2018-19, will have darse# cuenta that the contribution of Philippe Coutinho has gone clearly of more to less, until the point to be practically invalid to numerical level from principles of November. The injury that separated to 'Cou' during some weeks of the Barça prejudiced him in his turn to the terrains of game, and did him lose rhythm of competition.
From here that it have finalised this first phase of the season with five goals and three assistances, and without marking neither assist from mediated of November. The Brazilian star has chained some bad performances that have coincided with the hatching of Ousmane Dembélé and the best moment of form of Arturo Vidal, thing that has him relegado to the bench although to many can surprise them.
It hurts in sight see to a player of the talent of Coutinho in the bench, and is thus that Valverde, sabedor of his quality and of what can contribute, will do all the possible by 'resurrect him' for the cause. The plan is to follow betting by him like extreme when it can not have Dembélé or need to give him rest, so much to him like Luis Suárez.
However, it wins integers also the possibility that it can relocate him in the position of left interior, where played at the beginning like spare of Andrés Iniesta. The fact to play in said position would endow to the Barça of more goal, although it also would involve that Coutinho would have to improve in his defensive tasks, assuming the work that does Arturo Vidal in the containment.
If the Brazilian engages to 'sacrifice' in defence without balloon, could shine in the position of left interior and have more leadership in the alignments of the that is having lately. To all this, are for arriving the months of greater quantity of parties for the FC Barcelona in all the competitions, by what is likely that Coutinho was very leading in the rotations of the 'Txingurri'.
The Barça has Coutinho to 100%
The FC Barcelona is not had to traspasarle, as it has sounded in some media, and will do all the possible to go back to reactivate him for the cause. It is possible, besides, that in some parties Valverde alter the traditional 4-3-3 of the present campaign to include to Coutinho in a 4-4-2, as in the past season, leaving to Luis Suárez and Leo Messi up.
The Barça would lose perhaps a bit of gunpowder, but would win a greater defensive consistency and to the hour to control the parties. The options of Valverde are many, and will have them all in account to take advantage of to the maximum the genialidad of Coutinho.