Everyone's eyes were on the £142m man as he made a calm La Liga make a big appearance before being substituted in the second 50% of the 2-1 win against Alaves Record marking Philippe Coutinho will require time to settle in at Barcelona says mentor Ernesto Valverde.
Everyone's eyes were on the £142m man as he made a peaceful La Liga make a big appearance before being substituted in the second 50% of the 2-1 win against Alaves as Barca pursued the diversion in the wake of falling behind to John Guidetti's 23rd moment opener, in the long run mounting a rebound with objectives from Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi.
Coutinho, playing on the privilege of midfield, connected up well with his new colleagues yet neglected to have a noteworthy effect on his full introduction at the Nou Camp in the wake of showing up as a substitute in Thursday's 2-0 prevail upon Espanyol in the King's Cup.
"Players aren't machines that you can simply put in a manufacturing plant and begin to work immediately," Valverde said.
"I thought he played well, he was continually requesting the ball. He has vital abilities, a day or two ago he played 20 minutes, today he played somewhat more, he's developing into the group little by close to nothing."
Coutinho's previous Liverpool colleague Suarez additionally sponsored the Brazilian.
"It's constantly hard to make your presentation at the Nou Camp in the group," he included. "He played exceptionally well, attempting to run the diversion and the group is content with what he did."