DBasia.news – Philippe Coutinho insisted on leaving Liverpool to head to Barcelona in January or the 2018 winter transfer market. In fact, at that time Liverpool had no intention of selling him. Like it or not, the Reds have sold him.
As a result, the Brazilian player moved to Camp Nou in January 2018. Successfully fulfilling his dream of playing with one of the best clubs in the world, Coutinho’s fate did not bear a good result.
Together with Ernesto Valverde’s squad, he still hasn’t been able to find his best performance. Even in this 2018/19 season, the Brazilian reporter was often played through the substitute bench by Valverde.
Starting to rarely get minutes of play, have made Coutinho be immediately rumored to have the opportunity to return to graze with his former club, Liverpool when the 2019 summer transfer was opened.
However, Liverpool legend, Danny Murphy dismissed the rumor immediately. The 41-year-old stated if the Reds supporters did not want to see Coutinho grazing at Anfield Stadium again, after seeing his behavior which forced him to sell him to Barca with a transfer fee of 142 million pounds.
“Coutinho will never be welcomed back to Anfield. His career is not going well at Barcelona, but he has confirmed how much he wants to leave, and now he must accept that,” Murphy was quoted as said by Liverpool Echo.
Strengthening the Reds from 2013 to 2018, Coutinho actually has many sweet memories. Despite not offering any titles, he successfully became a mainstay and appeared in 201 games, with a score of 54 goals and 45 assists.