Philippe Coutinho has appeared to effectively end his Barcelona career, despite still having one year remaining on his contract with the LaLiga giants.
Coutinho’s struggles with the Blaugrana have been well documented, failing to ever live up to the exorbitant £146million fee they paid Liverpool in January 2018. Injuries and a dramatic loss in form meant the Brazilian playmaker failed to ever settle in Catalonia, making just over 100 appearances in almost four years with the club.
In January, he ended his Barcelona nightmare and sealed a temporary return to the Premier League, reuniting with Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard on-loan for the remainder of the season. And his impact back in the English top-flight has been immediate, registering three assists and four goals in his first 10 appearances for Villa.
