Guillermo Amor, director of institutional and sporting relations at Barcelona, spoke about Philippe Coutinho's situation at the club following the team's draw away at San Mames.
As expected, Amor came out in defence of the Brazilian playmaker but was also keen to point out the difference in form now compared to at the start of his career at Barcelona.
"At the beginning with Coutinho, we were happy and have always been happy. We have to give him chances and he'll take them. He's always shown his quality. He takes risks, he tries. It feels as if everyone is watching what he does, the poor guy. But we believe he'll carry on going forward," added Amor.
The former Barcelona player also spoke about the recent stumble from the side in LaLiga. "There's still a long way to go from now until the end of this month. We know that we have a long week until the match against Valladolid and we'll treat it with calm. We've got Valladolid, Sevilla, Madrid.. we're optimistic, strong. Everyone would swap places with us," he concluded.
Kidbdeos
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Tell the coach to use Coutinho in his rightful place on the field.he is not a winger, that's how Mourinho downfall came. when he refused to used Pogba in his rightful place. That coach is too small for Barcelona, he needs to go now.
fubadimuyz
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Why is everyone blaming coutinho? the young lad is doing good. if they don't like him, they should allow him to leave. Whenever a team lost a match, the blame should go to all and not just keeping an eyes on coutinho. It sucks.....
KINGLMD10S
70
Barcelona has no PB in form. our typical 💯 team hasn't performed poorly. the weeks have been really difficult with Copa matches and all the rest. but now that we got one week free we'll use it and bounce back. Alba was absent, dembele and Messi are getting re adapted to the game after their respective injuries. all is well. treble all the way. we will bounce back and win everything on our way
Emmanuel4jesus12
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Barcelona is not a club that can drop from the top this season. this is the most difficult time of the season, but for me Barcelona need not to depend on Suarez anymore because of his past achievement, they need to get another striker in the summer. he was the one that is killing the attack yesterday