In the World Cup qualifiers, Brazil faced Paraguay, and the Home Team Brazil won easily 4-0, and there was not much room for discussion about the course and outcome of this match. But Coutinho has played very well since his first return to the Starting Line-up of the Brazilian national team since 2020, scoring one goal and creating a lot of chances. Coutinho seems to have not seen such a long time, and coupled with his excellent performance in the Premier League, Barca may begin to regret it, but it is of little use.
In fact, it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that Barca regrets it, after all, Barca also knows that their squad is actually not suitable for Coutinho's play, and the core position he needs, whether it is Barca or the current Barca, can not meet Coutinho. After he came to Villa, he could give full play to his own characteristics, coupled with Gerrard's trust, in order to have 1 goal and 1 assist. As for Coutinho in the national team, Coutinho has not yet become the best Coutinho, he still needs more time and more training.
Barca have actually done a good job in handling the Coutinho thing, thanks to Coutinho's own ideas to participate in this year's World Cup, so they will accept the team's loan request, and it is indeed a help to him. However, it is still the qualifier stage, whether Coutinho can participate in the World Cup, on the one hand, depends on his recent physical health, after all, it is a player who has suffered a major injury, on the other hand, it also depends on how his state remains, a two-game game is not representative, or need more game proof.
And Barca currently without Coutinho, in fact, in the transfer period this season is still some reinforcement, Aubameyang's addition allows them to usher in the Premier League's top star again, but this top star is a former top player, this season's Aubameyang's play is indeed a little difficult to satisfy, no wonder Arsenal are willing to send him out. After coming to Barca, whether Aubameyang can play well is not aside, based on Barca's current squad, it is still difficult to have a seat this season.
Everyone knows what Barca's current problems are, not just the problem of the front, their midfield problems are a little bigger, and the introduction of Aubameyang, Traore and others has not changed the status quo of the team's backline. Such a state may still have the opportunity to hit the top four in La Liga, but it is still difficult to get a seat in the cup. It looks like Barca are also ready to put all their hopes on the summer transfer period, and the winter window only needs to be able to guarantee that the team will win the Champions League place is the biggest victory.