The case of Philippe Coutinho brings back the debate about whether expensive transfers guarantee good performance.<\/span> He is the most expensive player in the history of Barcelona, but has so far failed to live up to his price tag.<\/span><\/p>\n Throughout the Blaugrana’s history there have been some excellent purchases, but also some that haven’t worked out.<\/span><\/p>\n Barcelona’s record signings: <\/span><\/p>\n Coutinho – \u00a3146m, Dembele – \u00a3135.5m and Griezmann – \u00a3107m.<\/span><\/p>\n Griezmann left in the summer on loan plus \u00a334.4m obligation, Coutinho joined Villa on loan this month plus \u00a333m option, Dembele to leave this month in cut-price deal<\/span><\/p>\n On the other half of Merseyside, Brazil star Coutinho was warned by then-manager Jurgen Klopp not to give in to big-money proposals from Europe\u2019s superclubs and instead become an Anfield legend for Liverpool.<\/span><\/p>\n He told him stay and they will end up building a statue in his honour. Go somewhere else, to Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and he will be just another player. <\/span><\/p>\n The lure of Bar\u00e7a is too overpowering for South Americans however, and in a dramatic turn of events, Coutinho put in a transfer request in order to become the world\u2019s most expensive midfielder in January 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n Costing $156mn, the Little Magician was played entirely out of position on the left flank and now plies his trade at Aston Villa.<\/span><\/p>\n Antoine Griezmann also rejoined Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in a shock move from Barcelona on a season\u2019s loan with an obligation for the transfer to become permanent for \u20ac40m (\u00a334.4m).<\/span><\/p>\n The France international left Atl\u00e9tico for Barcelona in a \u20ac120m deal in 2019 but has failed to live up to expectations. He has scored 22 goals in 74 La Liga games for the Catalan club.<\/span><\/p>\n With Dembele it seems the possible of leaving Barcelona is very high as announced by Mateu Alemany.<\/span><\/p>\n Barcelona director Alemany announces: \u201cIt\u2019s clear that Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 does NOT want to continue with Barcelona. He doesn\u2019t want to be part of our project\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe told Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 he has to leave immediately. We expect Ousmane to be sold before Jan 31\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Demb\u00e9l\u00e9-Coutinho-Griezmann, a ruinous investment of \u20ac415M. None of the three players have filled the void left by Neymar with his departure to PSG.<\/span><\/p>\n (Barcelona\u2019s record signings)<\/p>\n The reasons these players produced bad results at the Camp Nou is basically due to Barcelona\u2019s style of play. <\/span><\/p>\n Some might argue with the case of Dembele as purely bad luck citing the number of injuries he suffered during these past seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n Messi, Xavi, Iniesta are considered as Barca greats, they chipped in good performances season after season mainly because they understood the system which they were basically born into.<\/span><\/p>\n Most players sign for Barcelona and they have to start learning playing football again from a different perspective. <\/span><\/p>\n The likes of Song, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Andre Gomes, Alexander Hleb, Malcom, Miralem Pjanic, Nelson Semedo, these players were very good coming from their respective clubs.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s about time we look at \u201cplayer flop syndrome\u201d at Barcelona as the club being part of the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n The club can\u2019t always field players from La Masia who understand the game from the Catalan\u2019 perspective but a change or variation in style of play will help the club in the long run.<\/span><\/p>\n Content created and supplied by: KingtsugiNews (via Opera \n , . , . () , , , , , , , , . \/ , and\/or . , , and\/or , and\/or <\/span><\/p>\n
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