Philippe Coutinho

vuji_31

Senior Member
he was decent until messi totally dropped in midfield.

But that is it.

He is small,weak,slow,mental midget who can't dribble. Also his stamina is emberassing. Even Kloop said that, that he will never be something like Iniesta before his move to Barca.
But Barto decided to make him 150 mil player.

KLOOP ON COUTINHO AND BARTO LOL

"Explosive and decisive in short spaces, Coutinho lacked the heart and lungs to perform consistently in the great spaces of the midfield. In the physical tests that simulated situations of the game, after two sprints of 60 meters Coutinho could not recover without remaining half a minute completely stopped. Too much, given the tactical demands. With the emphasis on permanent dynamism, Klopp discarded Coutinho to integrate the midfield in 4-3-3. Even when he placed it as an end, he found that it disengaged in the folds. During several days he tried a 4-2-3-1 to place him behind the point, with a smaller radius of action to avoid suffering. If he played as a second point he could stay off the hook without generating serious imbalances, while the rest of the team was ordered 20 meters back. But the 4-2-3-1, in Klopp's opinion, did not allow the team to occupy the spaces in the most efficient way possible.

"Bar?a's first offer for Coutinho amounted to 60 million euros, about a year ago. Klopp's reaction was perplexing. He thought that Barcelona had the three attack squares covered with Messi, Suarez and Neymar.

"When they told him that [Josep] Bartomeu would sign [Ousmane] Dembel? to replace Neymar and offer more than 100 million for Coutinho to act as relay for [Andres] Iniesta, his amazement broke into hilarity. According to an employee of the English club, Klopp was blunt: "Coutinho is a fabulous forward but he will never feel comfortable in 4-3-3 as an inside; and much less if he has to play in the post of Iniesta in the 4-4-2 that [Ernesto] Valverde practices in the defensive phase, where the longer runs should be done by the wings. Iniesta is a long distance runner. Coutinho no. "
 
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JamDav1982

Senior Member
Get in touch with Arsenal and see if they fancy a swap until end of season for Lacazette and a wee bit of cash.

Arsenal have no creative players and although Lacazette not Barca standard he is far better than Braithwaite for the time being.
 

vuji_31

Senior Member
Lacazzette is excatly what we don't need.

Striker that does not score goals.

Poor Griezmann is his ddefinition
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
Lacazette sucks. I rather send Coutinho for money. Sounds good for otherwise.

Save all the money and go for Haaland.

Lacazette is not good enough but likes of him would at least give Barca a striker when there is little options to spend at all. He would improve this squad for now if made that type of move and unlikely they will just hand over any decent money for Coutinho anyway.

Lacazette is another donkey that shouldnt be anywhere near the club.

Agree...but he is far better no9 than Braithwaite and would take likes of him until end of season as squad is now as lack of a 9 is killing team and dont have money to buy one.
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
Yea, if we can loan him, which we probably can't. They would want us to buy him and that's a big no no.n

Arsenal about only club that seemed interested in Coutinho in summer and since season began need creativity even more than did then so one of few places could see him going.

Clearly dont want Lacazette at Barca long term but he is levels above a non entity like Braithwaite who is the teams no9 until end of season if dont get Depay.

Will never happen anyway and pure fabrication but it would improve the team from now until the summer and get some cash in.
 

vuji_31

Senior Member
Man I would rather have Braithwaite in attack then another turtle like Laccazzete on massive wage in attack since he didn't scored more then goals in league for years.
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
Man I would rather have Braithwaite in attack then another turtle like Laccazzete on massive wage in attack since he didn't scored more then goals in league for years.

He is far better no9 than Braithwaite and that is the saddest part of where Barca are at moment.
 

Rory

Senior Member
Muscular discomfort. Not only is he shit he also can?t stay fit even though he didnt play vs Juve. Worst signing ever
 

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