The talented midfielder is considered to be the best midfielder of his generation and one of the greatest midfielders of all time. Since 2009 he has been choosen in the UEFA team of the year six times and has been voted into the Fifa World XI on eight occasions. The veteran midfielder is a product of FC Barcelona youth academy, La masia that produced the likes of Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique, Xavi Hernandez, Sergio Busquets, Hector Bellerin and Thiago Alcantara just to name a few.
Phillipe Coutinho has been identified to be his successor. The Liverpool playmaker has commited his future with Liverpool when he signed a new 5 year extension contract that led him to be the highest paid player at Anfield. There has been a lot of speculation linking the Brazilian midfielder with the Spanish giants. The 24 year old is a close friend of Barcelona duo Luis Suarez and Neymar junior. Many believe that the talented midfielder would instantly adapt to the Blaugrana's style of play with his ability to dribble, score and most vitally he is the final pass machine and that would benefit the most dangerous trio or the best trio that the world has ever seen, "MSN", namely Messi, Neymar and Saurez.
Barcelona superstar Neymar has said that he would like to see the talented midfielder joining the Spanish giants. "A premier league player that I would like to have in Barcelona is Coutinho", he told Daily Mail."I believe Phillipe Coutinho is the player that would totally fit in Barcelona".
The Brazil starlet would have to fight for his place in the team but it is believed that Barcelona have guaranteed the talented midfielder a starting place in the first eleven.
"There is something funny, we all compete with each other somehow" he said. "I play on left side and I am right-footed. "Messi plays on the right side and he is left-footed and then Suarez is our scorer. So I do believe we complete each other and we always try to help each other on the field. We have a nice friendship outside and we bring it inside. It is easier when you try to work with your companions". quoted by Daily Mail.
According to Soccer Laduma the talented midfielder is believed to have agreed terms with Spanish giants FC Barcelona ahead of a potential move. According to Daily Star, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that Coutinho is going nowhere despite ongoing exit rumours and the club owners Fenway sports group, will back him to hold on his key man this summer. "What our owners say is the absolute opportunity not to sell anybody if we do not want to.
"That means we can bring other players and it is a good situation. We have a stable squad with a good basis"
"We want to bring a few in with fresh blood but nobody will leave us without our say so I am completely relaxed about this."
Coutinho has played 34 games in all competitions this season, scoring 11 goals, assisting a further 8 strikes and he has helped his national team to qualify for the FIFA World cup in Russia next year.
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