When Filippa Coutinho fled to Liverpool in favor of Barcelona, under the explanation that he was looking to win titles, he did not dream of crashing in Catalonia and spending several years as a complementary player, including at Bayern Munich.
He also did not think he would return to the Premier League, just to sign for a mediocre team.
But football is a strange world, and Coutinho, after scoring and cooking in his debut at Aston Villa, 2-2 against Manchester United, who also suffered a lot from him during his time at Anfield, seems to have returned to smile.
"Who needs the Grillish, when we have Coutinho," the villa fans tweeted, in a sort of complimenting welcome to the small offensive midfielder, who received many compliments and also served as a source of sting to yesterday's opponent, as can be seen in the following tweet:
Ahahahaha, 'washed' coutinho has already matched £ 76 mil sancho's stats in his first game.
Tag a Man U fan🤣🤣🤣 #coutinho #ASTMUN #CristianoRonaldo pic.twitter.com/PeU49YyjrG
- Tony Martorana🔴⚪️ (@AFC_TonyM) January 15, 2022
His coach, Steven Gerrard, with whom Routino played for Liverpool, said: "He is 29 years old and has already won several titles, but he is still hungry and he will contribute a lot to us. Once he adapts and gets in shape, I have no doubt he will create more goals for us."
One of the tweets in Coutinho's praise was accompanied by surprising "likes" from those who managed to play with the Brazilian in Liverpool, with the prominent name being Muhammad Salah, who found time after his team's victory in the African Championship to compliment Coutinho's emojis, although the two .
Mo and Ads loved the return of Phil today!
pic.twitter.com/D9mwxdXWoz
- The Anfield Talk (@TheAnfieldTalk) January 16, 2022 Wrong?
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