Philippe Coutinho Doesn’t Close Opportunities to Leave Barcelona

DBasia.news –  Brazilian attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho came to Barcelona as a substitute for his compatriot Neymar, who left PSG (Paris Saint-Germain) in 2017. Barca bought Coutinho for 130 million euros – the sale of Neymar 222 million euros.

Although in his inaugural season he successfully helped Barca win the La Liga trophy and the Copa del Rey, now in the 2018/19 season, Coutinho is no longer the main choice of Ernesto Valverde and more often starts the match on the bench. In La Liga competition, Coutinho even only appeared five times in full for 90 minutes.

Finally, the former Inter Milan player was indeed successful in scoring one goal while delivering the Blaugrana to the quarter-finals after beating Lyon with a landslide score of 5-1 on Thursday (3/14) early morning Western Indonesian Time. But this did not necessarily make the news about the potential for resignation faded. Even Coutinho gave a signal that he did not close the opportunity to leave Camp Nou.

“In a few weeks or even the last few months I did not succeed in showing good performance, I was aware of that and still have the desire to improve,” Coutinho said as quoted by the Mirror.

“I came to Barcelona to give the best performance. Now I only focus on the things that are happening right now. Nobody knows what will happen in the future. One thing is certain, I feel happy with the performance that I showed in the match against Lyon,” he added.

If in the end, Coutinho decided to end his collaboration with Barcelona, the player born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil would have no trouble finding a new port, because he was rumored to be the main target of two top clubs, Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain.