FC Barcelona's ban on Koeman for Coutinho to play in the starting team

FC Barcelona needs Coutinho since Lionel Messi will not play the next game but Ronald Koeman decided not to include him in the first team again. While everyone believes that Koeman's problem with Coutinho is personal, the reality is completely economic and Koeman is protecting FC Barcelona by not including Coutinho in the team.

Lionel Messi is returning from Argentina and that is why he will not be able to be part of FC Barcelona. Messi's natural replacement should have been Coutinho but Koeman decided that he is not included in the 11 FC Barcelona starters. In this way, Coutinho would have the hours counted at FC Barcelona for next season.

Coutinho's problem with FC Barcelona and Koeman dates back years when the Brazilian was hired by FC Barcelona from Liverpool. FC Barcelona paid Liverpool a figure close to $ 100 million for Coutinho but a special clause said that if Coutinho played a number of starting games, FC Barcelona had to pay $ 20 million more.

As FC Barcelona is in trouble with its economy and does not know if it will be able to pay the salaries, it must put Coutinho aside. The FC Barcelona board of directors ordered Koeman not to include Coutinho and thus save money. Without Coutinho and without Messi, FC Barcelona will have to manage to generate game.