The Brazilian is the best goal-scoring midfielder right now and a look into the last season will explain why. Coutinho started the summer as a Liverpool player, but transferred to Barcelona in the winter transfer window. For a normal player, it takes some time to settle in a new league, even if he has spent 1 season, on loan, more than 5 years ago. But Coutinho is not your average footballer. In the 2017/18 season, Coutinho scored 7 goals in 14 appearances in the Premier League and 5 goals in 5 appearances in the Champions League in the colours of Liverpool and then scored a further 8 goals in 18 appearances in the LaLiga and 2 goals in 4 appearances in Copa del Rey for Barcelona. He finished the season with 14 assists. He starred for Brazil in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, scoring 2 goals and registering 2 assists. None of these come as a surprise, because Coutinho is an outstanding midfielder and it is his consistent knack for goals that made Barcelona pay the big money for him.
In the 2016/17 season, playing for Liverpool, Coutinho scored 14 goals and had 9 assists. In the 2015/16 season, he finished with 12 goals and 7 assists. This season, Coutinho already has 1 goal and 1 assist to his name from the 4 games played. He is destined to hit even higher standards this time since he is playing with the greatest footballer in the world right now by his side, who will certainly inspire him to have his best season yet.
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