Banish

Phelan Torres is happy to land in the Nou Camp as Xavi's first signing, but at the same time faces new troubles-Barcelona need to free up salary space for Phelan to successfully register in La Liga. In a protracted war with Barcelona, Umtiti, "charging for two hours and talking for five minutes," Dembele, Deppe, and Luc de Jong, who were not part of Harvey's plan, all belonged to those who were about to leave, but they seemed to be far from being natural, and now the task of "abdicating and giving way" has fallen to Coutinho.

It is not the first time that he has been rejected. In terms of price, Coutinho, who joined four years ago, is the first player in the history of Barcelona, but the huge transfer fee of 135 million euros limits the Brazilian's talent like Gasol. He, who has been drifting outside the system, has a tendency to live up to his name, and there is a voice that Coutinho and Messi are incompatible. This is also the reason why he was loaned to Bayern Munich in the second year after joining. Although the treble crown was achieved in Bayern, the Bundesliga giants, who pay attention to offensive and defensive balance and salary conservation, are not in the habit of impulsive consumption. At that time, Bayern Chairman Rummenigge even despised: "the reason why we did not choose to activate the buyout clause in Coutinho's loan contract is that for a player of this price and level, the buyout fee of 120 million euros is not worth it."

Coutinho, who was returned, did not lose his feet, at least he won the coveted Champions League, at least he either scored goals or contributed assists in the first few games after his return to Barcelona. Although the reason for his failure in the Nou Camp can not be attributed to the change of the jersey number from the 7th to the 14th, the new handsome Koeman thinks he has found the second key to drive Barcelona's attack. And at that time, when the relationship between Messi and Barcelona executives was delicate, Coutinho, who was once unimportant, suddenly ushered in his own stage.

But the good times did not last long, a meniscus injury made him experience the bitterness of three operations and 258 days of war, during which the turbulence of Barcelona was well known to the world, and when Koeman was dismissed, the last umbrella belonging to Coutinho also disappeared, and whether Messi left the team or not seemed to have nothing to do with his situation.

After Serge became interim coach of Barcelona, Coutinho, who returned to the bench and even warmed up, looked lazy. This sense of resistance was seen as a direct indication of his indisputable anger. In fact, Xavi cast a vote of confidence in Coutinho at the beginning of taking office. I hope the Brazilians will return to the pace of the game as soon as possible, but the response is a state of collapse. He has scored only two goals in 16 games so far, and despite the background of recovering from a major injury, it is no surprise that he has played only 600 minutes so far this season. In fact, Coutinho was voted the most disappointed Barcelona player in the annual summary of 2021, while the Brazilian sat on the bench for two 90 minutes in the recent La Liga matches against Elce and Sevilla.

The mess left by his predecessor Bartomeu, Laporta and Xavi have the courage to clean up, but need to be deployed periodically. Phelan's introduction only sends a signal. Compared with the cleaning work of others, Coutinho is the most difficult. By comparison, Umtiti and Dembele have at least been invited by Newcastle, and Luc de Jong is still hesitant to join Cades. However, Coutinho, with a weekly salary of 440000 euros, is difficult to enter the eyes of other giants as a hot potato. Bayern's test of the water is only a warning. Flamenco is the most sincere, but he is only willing to accept it in the form of a loan. and put forward the negotiation terms of undertaking an annual salary of up to 3 million euros, thus the so-called feelings of "falling leaves returning to their roots" also fell into a stalemate.

Coutinho does not show a sense of voluntary pay cut, but this overexert under the tongue is understood as a struggle, because subjectively his first wish is still to play in European football. after all, paying more attention to the radiation side will help him return to the Brazilian national team, and the Qatar World Cup is his realistic goal. Of course, the 29-year-old has no shortage of buyers, but the onlookers have always maintained a series of conditional acceptance, which is a tacit understanding in the buyer's mind. after all, it is a fact that Coutinho is not what he used to be, and Conte appreciates him very much. but Tottenham only want him for free, Arteta is not less interested in him, but Arsenal want his deposed Obameyan to join the deal.

For Barcelona, which is bent on rebuilding, they have already made psychological precautions against extreme losses, and the recovery of 20 million euros is the bottom line. but in fact, authoritative media estimated that Coutinho's worth was only 18 million euros, falling from the peak of his life to the bottom in three years, and his price plummeted by 88%. This is a sad continuation of Coutinho as the bid king of Barcelona. Last year Liverpool star Souness said: "selling Coutinho is the greatest deal in the history of Liverpool."

The theory of responding to the situation is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the purchase of Cudini Ollie should be the biggest failure in Barcelona's history. In Xavi's grand plan, Coutinho dragged down the pace of bringing in aid, formed a salary burden and became a public laughingstock. Under the tone of "his playing time will be reduced", Coutinho, who was lying flat, walked into a dead end, and the topic of where to go was enough to keep his agent busy for a while during the winter break.

In fact, it is not the first time that Coutinho has experienced the change of the face of a rich family. The genius appreciated by Romario in his boyhood joined Inter at the age of 18, but Inter in the post-treble era are in turmoil of changing coaches frequently. it is difficult to give young people a stable environment to grow up. The figures of five goals in 47 games more or less reflect his youth, which is why he was sold to Liverpool by the Spaniard on loan, but he described himself as "too shy to let go" in summing up the defeat.

Fortunately, Coutinho realized his talent after gilding from Liverpool and advice from Klop, but he was lost again when he insisted on joining Barcelona, so Klop's persuasion was prescient: "stay here." the club will thank you for your efforts and build statues for you, while joining other teams, going to Barcelona, Bayern or Real Madrid, you will only be another you. Only here can you do more. " Coutinho did not turn back, there is no trace of nostalgia for the limelight of Liverpool, and his mistaken new love Barcelona fans have also been impolitely booed, before the eviction order, his sadness can be traced.

Time can not be turned back, giving up the remaining pride of Coutinho seems to have no room to take the initiative to choose a new club, in the eyes of many, he has been chronically exiled for the past three years, the most classic war is to fight against Barcelona on behalf of Bayern on loan. The so-called poems and distances are based on the illusion of depression, and now Coutinho is looking forward to the World Cup, which is his right, but he does not have much leverage.