Coutinho's confession after leaving Barça: "I wasn't happy playing there"

After oficializarse his traspaso to the Aston Villa by 20 million eruos, Philippe Coutinho luce a semblante much calmer that does only some months. The one of Rio de Janeiro seems to recover the confidence in the Premier League, league in where it exhibited his best level between 2013 and 2018 and aims to keep to tope physically to win a place in the announcement of Brazil for the World-wide of Catar.

In an interview with 'Daily Mail', the midfield player recognised that his dream always was to play in the FC Barcelona, but the things did not go out like all wanted to. "It was not the experience that expected, but the life is like this. I learnt a lot in this time. It was a moment very difficult for me, but did me stronger mentally. Now I seat more love by the game", commented the Brazilian, the one who arrived to Birmingham in January to loan by six months.

After two months to a big level, Coutinho was able to convince to Steven Gerrard and the directive of the Aston Villa to bet by him to future. 4 goals and 3 assistances in 18 split summary his semester in the Premier, showing that the bad series lived in Catalonia seems to have remained backwards. In 106 parties with the Barça, 'Cou' as soon as it added 26 goals and 13 assistances, including a cession of six months to the Bayern Munich in January of 2020, club in where it would win the Champions League.

The directive headed by Josep Bartomeu paid to the Liverpool 135 million euros by his traspaso, an authentic fiasco for which up to now is the most expensive signing in the history of the club. In this regard, Philippe considers that "everything is part of the altibajos of the life". "My dream was to play in the Barcelona since it was boy, but now is in the past and expect with anxieties my future in the Aston Villa. By long, I was not happy playing to football, but go back to feel happiness here again. Therefore I decided to remain me"., it explained the player of 29 years.

The confidence of Gerrard, key for Coutinho

The Brazilian surrendered to good level in his first semester in Catalonia under the orders of Ernesto Valverde. Nevertheless, his confidence went dissipating with the step of the time and, after the exit of the 'Txingurri' of the bench blaugrana, neither Ronald Koeman neither Xavi Hernández attained to recover the best version of Coutinho. "I came to the Aston because it called me (Gerrard). We speak of a lot of things and went my first contact with the club. I did not take a lot in deciding me because it wanted to play and this was a big opportunity. Always it asks me play and create things", detailed Philippe.

From August, the Brazilian will have to justify the confidence of the ones of Villa Park with his talent, that that in spite of the altibajos physical and emotional seems to keep intact. "The first entrenos and parties were hard, but now have achieved to adapt me", puntualizó the midfield player. His second opportunity in England promises to be the last in the European elite, already far of the pressure mediática that supposes to play in the Barça.