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Coutinho symbol of the spendthrift Barcellone: ​​now he is a surplus

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Arrived in Barcelona to replace Neymar, it cost 160 million and earns 12 net per season. And his future at Camp Nou is uncertain

Reading the Catalan sports newspapers this morning offers a perfect snapshot of the schizophrenia of the Coutinho case.

BETWEEN ARSENAL AND 10

The most expensive purchase in the history of Barcelona, ​​a symbol of the waste that characterized the Bartomeu era, on Sport he is presented as a possible protagonist of an unlikely exchange with Arsenal’s Aubameyang. It would be a coup for the Catalans, less for the Londoners. On the Mundo Deportivo, on the other hand, they even offer him a starring season at the Camp Nou wearing none other than the ’10’ left vacant by Leo Messi. Again, this is more of a wish than a realistic hypothesis.

PAID DEARLY

The Brazilian who also went to Inter at an early age arrived at Camp Nou in January 2018 from Liverpool, where he had done very well. At Anfield they were very good at capitalizing on the panic generated at the Camp Nou by Neymar’s escape to Paris, snatching a fixed price of 120 million euros for ‘Cou’ and another 40 million in variables. For the player 5 and a half years of contract worth 12 million net per season.

LOAN AND REVENGE

Coutinho could not play in the Champions League in the first season, and after just one year he had already become a surplus, so much so that he was loaned to Bayern Munich in the summer of 2019. What he failed in Catalonia he succeeded in Bavaria: in 2020 the Brazilian won the Champions League, entering and scoring a brace in the tough 8-2 ​​trimmed by Bayern against Barcelona in the quarter-finals.

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THE CLAUSE

Back at Camp Nou, Coutinho, as had already happened with Ernesto Valverde, did not find space with Ronald Koeman, who preferred to focus on the 17-year-old Pedri. He appeared on the pitch one last time last December, then disappeared. First injured, then once he recovered he continued not to play. Because according to what emerged from his contract, if Coutinho plays another 10 matches with Barcelona, ​​the Catalan club will have to pay a last very heavy tranche of 20 million euros to Liverpool. Barcelona denied this, but it was reflected in various international media.

TRANSFERRED OR OWNER

And so Coutinho and Barcelona find themselves in a complicated situation, which somehow justifies both stories published today in Catalonia: the ideal for the current Barcelona management would be for the Brazilian to leave, freeing a large slice of the narrow mount of blaugrana engagements. However, if a solution is not found, the best thing to do is to try to reactivate him and take advantage of his talent. That can be intermittent, however it is undeniable. In all this ‘Cou’ has become sad, he is reaching nine months without seeing the field and the situation has worn him out. He is still 29 years old and has a contract until 2023. He would like to play, possibly for Barcelona. That he can no longer afford it, and that he considers it a painful symbol of a disastrous era.

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