The former Barça player bets on a change of scenery to relaunch his career: leave Aston Villa to go to Corinthians
‘Cou’ cannot find his place after leaving Klopp’s Liverpool: he has gone through Barça in two stages, Bayern and Aston Villa
Philippe Coutinhosince he became the most expensive signing in the history of Barça in January 2018, he has been living on groundhog day for five years, desperately looking for a new career restart.
A year ago he arrived at Aston Villa, then managed by his former colleague Steven Gerrard, and now, with Unai Emery on the bench, he is on the starting ramp. His future points to Corinthians, where he could join on loan. His objective is, at the age of 30, the same as always: to recover the sensations lost since he left Liverpool in jurgen klopp.
After two stages at the Camp Nou, a loan to Bayern Munich and a transfer to Aston Villa, he is committed to returning to his country to be able to count for the new coach.
The curious thing is that he does not do it in his native Rio de Janeiro (he left the Vasco da Gama base) but has chosen Sao Paulo, a city with which he has no emotional ties. Besides, it will play in one of the clubs with one of the ‘crooked’ most fanatics where it is obligatory to deliver to the maximum.
In the ‘Timao’, by the way, he failed miserably Williana footballer who also played a touch who came from the Premier and who was unable to readapt to the local culture.