Are you really blaming Valverde for Barcelona's idiotic transfer decisions? Like I'm not pro-Valverde or anything but that's just unfair. Also, he CAN'T PLAY AS A NO.8 THAT'S WHY HE'S NOT USED THERE.
He's fine with using greenhorns like Arthur and fucking Aleña in midfield against good teams, but he's not willing to do the same with Coutinho? Why the fuck do you think that is? BECAUSE COUTINHO CANT FUCKING PLAY IN THAT POSITION. Stop blaming the coach for this deadbrain of a transfer. If you want a no. 8, buy a no. 8. Don't buy a wide playmaker/leftwinger/no. 10 and HOPE that you'll be able to transition him into a completely new fucking role. You buy a no. 8 for the no. 8 position, there are plenty of them in the market.
Apart from the strange type of language you use to strengthen the content, I do hope you are not certain that you are right, because your are not.
- In each and every well-functioning club, it is the coach who either requests specific players/transfers, or he's the one who affirms ideas of others, simply because he has to be the one knowing if a particular player fits into his specific system, or not.
- There are no No.8 or No.10 positions at a club with a refined system, simply because the posts are created and distributed according to the characteristics of available players. The time when a No.8 always played as a No.8 had been over 30 years ago. A coach who distributes players according to their shirt-numbers - in the 21st century - he is doomed.
- If the coach didn't approve the buy in of a 160M player, but either the Sporting-director or the board "forced" the player on him, that means the entire club works absolutely dysfunctional.
- Because at the club the board is just partly dysfuntional, I guess Valverde must have had a clear vision where the player will play and in which role.
Otherwise the player's been considered a world-class by everyone for a few years, so whomsoever scouted him, should have had a clear view on WHERE he is able to perform at his best.
But overall it is the coach who is responsible...