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Date of publication: Wednesday 23 January 2019 10:07
Ernesto Valverde does not intend to let Philippe Coutinho leave Barcelona, according to reported information.
Coutinho only started 11 of Barcelona"The league's 20 league matches this season and rumors have been circulating for two months on its release from Camp Nou.
Manchester United have been strongly linked with international Brazil but the last speculation on the weekend claimed that Chelsea could seek to bring it to Stamford Bridge in the summer.
The Blues would like him as a long-term replacement for Eden Hazard he's moving to Real Madrid with the Spanish president, Florentino Perez, seems interested.
Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo The boss of Barca Valderde wants to stay with Coutinho and the club will fight against the imperative need to reduce its losses.
Guillem Balague, an Liga expert, said Barca did not intend to sell Coutinho and speculation about the transfer was being amplified by the player's representatives.
"We were expecting a lot more, the fans did, Barcelona did," he said. Guillem Balague Transfer Show.
"At the moment, he seems to be a very shy player who does not have a big enough impact in the matches.
"Even though he has had the opportunity to flourish and I am sure he will certainly improve at some point.
"But, linked to that and the fact that he does not start the big games and does not start all the matches, there are articles that appear in the English press, not in the Spanish press, that say that Manchester United day and Chelsea the next day.
"It would be easy to guess where these stories come from.
"Maybe the same people who went to Barcelona and said" what's going on here? "
"It is the representatives of Coutinho who are trying to put pressure on Barcelona.
"Barcelona has no intention of getting rid of Coutinho.
"We will see if this lack of impact will last all the way but for now, Coutinho is important for Barcelona, very important.
"Because they feel that he adds quality even as they realize that he's not the midfielder they thought they had."
"I always said he was an attacker and that's where he would play for Barcelona.
"But do not believe right now the stories that put him out of Barcelona."
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