Luis Enrique decided to play him at LB in a CL QF game against Juve where we lost 3-0 despite not having played there in the previous 5 seasons and having Jordi Alba and Digne. He made a mistake that cost us the first goal, was subbed off at half time, was scapegoated by pretty much everyone including Luis Enrique and never played again for the club. He did well as a CB
Saw this great comment on the r/soccer post about the Mathieu comments today. It highlights how overrated Lucho has become. He was definitely worse than Valverde but gets heralded as some kind of great because he had such a stacked squad.
It is no surprise Valverde came in and improved us considerably the following season even with an older squad and no Neymar.