He was about to leave Barcelona for free, and renewed his hopes with Xavi Hernández: What will happen to Philippe Coutinho?

Xavi Hernández was introduced as a brand new Barcelona coach and praise soon fell, such as Philippe Coutinho, who also took the opportunity to drop a stick against his former coach Ronald Koeman.

The attacker, who is already in the concentration of the Brazilian National Team, spoke at a press conference and said: "Xavi was a great player and is an idol of the club, who is back at our house. I hope he will be very successful. with the group we have".

It is no less data that, in March of this year, Coutinho and the current technical director of the Blaugrana had a meeting in Qatar. The player was recovering from an injury to his left knee and, after undergoing a review, spoke with him. "We were talking and I know what a great guy he is, I'm sure he will do a great job at Barcelona", he said.

Regarding that bad drink that led him to be outside the courts, he clarified that he is "100%" recovered and took the opportunity to launch a poison dart against Koeman. In the first place, he expressed the difficulty of being unemployed for so many months and said that now what he needs is "time so that he technically reaches the best level".

It was there when the hint for the Dutch arrived, which also included Sergi Barjuan, the interim who was in charge of the team before Xavi's arrival. that "Since I returned to play I did not have a sequence of four or five games starting from the beginning to be at my best level", he slipped.