Philippe Coutinho’s struggles since leaving Liverpool in January 2018 are well-documented.
Having failed in efforts to force through a dream move to Barcelona the previous summer, he resisted Jurgen Klopp’s attempts to persuade him to stay at Anfield in favour of completing a club-record £142m switch to Camp Nou.
But while he’d win two La Liga titles with the Catalans, he’d prove to be an expensive flop. Loaned to Bayern Munich in 2019/20 after falling out of favour, his fortunes didn’t improve. While he would win a German treble with the Bundesliga giants, he was reduced to a bit-part role as the Bavarians decided against signing him permanently.
