Barcelona flop, Phillipe Coutinho was signed last year to replace the outgone midfield star Iniesta but his match statistics can’t match those of the star.
Coutinho was having links of moving him to England mostly to Manchester United but that dream is likely going to be rethought again.
Philippe Coutinho completed a dream transfer to Barcelona from Liverpool back in January 2018 after days of being compelled by his manager to stay which ended unfruitfully..
The Catalan club shelled out £142million on the Brazilian to make him the club’s all-time most expensive player and planned to use him to plug the whole left behind by Andres Iniesta.
But the transfer just hasn’t worked out for Coutinho, who was linked with a move away in January, and could leave the club for pastures new at the end of the season.
Manchester United have been linked with a move for the former Reds midfielder, who would command a large transfer fee and huge wages to boot, despite his poor season in Spain.
And the Red Devils got a good look at the Brazilian when he visited Old Trafford just last week in Barcelona’s Champions League clash with Manchester United.
The away side ran out 1-0 winners, and while Coutinho featured for Barcelona, he did little to influence the match in any way.
He was met with boos and jeers from large sections of the Manchester United fanbase, though, every time he received the ball.
The reason for the booing is because Coutinho used to play for United’s bitter rivals, Liverpool.
And according to Sport, this has made a possible move difficult because it doesn’t appear that United will ‘forgive his Liverpool past’.