Exactly on this day 5 years ago Philippe Coutinho joined Barcelona for a crazy fee of €145m.
At that moment, people thought he would become a real superstar - and maybe even Andres Iniesta's successor - at Barca. However, the transfer never paid off and we only remember the Brazilian for his few brilliant performances and plenty of average cameos.
Here is what fans say about this move 5 years later.
💭 OdonkorOscar (Twitter): "Our downfall started since then."
💭 fakename4268 (Reddit): "It's the only transfer I expected to work out. He was also brilliant in the first half of the season (when he wasn’t allowed to play in the Champions League) and probably our second-best player after Messi. Played very well at the 2018 World Cup as well. What the hell happened after he came back? I really can't tell what it is."
💭 goaty goat (Twitter): "Still really think he could have panned out much better if he wasn’t whistled for a bad month. After that there was no good game. He started off very well. Then the fans ruined him. He's a confidence player. Who could have been one of top players in the world. Fans killed him."
💭 Oswell1001 (Reddit): "Yeah, now people act like they always knew that this transfer was going to bomb. But during that time, it created massive hype among us Barca fans. People wrote Barto appreciation essays."
💭 D-Lo (Twitter): "Seems like so long ago. Imagine the money spent on him Griezz and Dembouz being spent right."
💭 theonewithtoomany (Reddit): "Damn, that's a lot of money, and f**k, I feel old."
💭 TheGamezSmith (Reddit): "People are way too harsh on him, he scored 2 goals in one of our most historic games [6-1 v Sevilla in Copa del Rey]."
❓ What do you think of that Coutinho transfer now?
