The confession of Philippe Coutinho on Leo Messi

Philippe Coutinho arrived to the FC Barcelona the past pertinent summer of the Liverpool in return of 120 million euros. Since, his mission has been to adapt to the football practised in the Camp Nou and contribute nuances to the game, something that, without place to doubts, has achieved to attain successfully. The Brazilian midfield player has adapted to perfection to the Barça.

One of the players that more has facilitated him this process of adaptation has been Leo Messi, with the one who already has established a big relation. In some statements for the program of interviews Papo Cabeça in the channel ESPN Brazil, Philippe Coutinho explained how knew to the Argentinian star and what sucedió in this meeting.

Coutinho, that had coincided with Luis Suárez in the Liverpool keeping a big relation with him, recognised that it was the Uruguayan the one who organised the meeting with Leo Messi: "Luis Suárez and Leo Messi are very next, and I to Luis already knew it of did long in Liverpool, then Luis was the one who organised the meeting".

The Brazilian midfield player recognised that it put nervous in the moment to know him, but that the character of Messi helped him to reassure : "When you arrive at the side of Leo remain you a bit nervous, also happened me the same at the beginning in the Liverpool with Gerrard. With Leo thought: 'you are with the best player of the world!', but I saw that it is an incredible person and that it is súper calm".

Philippe Coutinho also explained that this same day, when arriving to his house, explained him to his wife that had known to the Argentinian star and that had eaten with him. "When I went back home I said him to my wife 'caramba, have been eating with Messi' and the two laugh us a lot, was very funny", commented the ex of the Liverpool.

Messi and Coutinho, lethal connection

On the field, Philippe Coutinho also understands to perfection with Leo Messi since both have a very similar form to understand the football. The connection that have had during these last five months is an advance of which can keep in the next seasons, in which both are called to lead to the team.