This notion that South American players all want to play for Barcelona or Real Madrid is a bit exaggerated imo. Ultimately every great player wants the same things: high wage, trophies, and star status. As long as Messi is still playing for Barca he will always be the king there (and rightly so). No matter how hard you try you will be number 2 at most and will never be loved as much as in your previous club. Sanchez left Barca for Arsenal. Now it's looking like Neymar wants out as well. And I'm willing to bet Suarez is going to leave within 3 years.
We see so many great players joining Barca in the past few years because they were dominating world's football within that period and were winning lots and lots of trophies. I don't think that is any longer the case.
With regards to Coutinho I highly doubt we will sell him this summer. But I also disagree with some of you who are already willing to accept that he will be sold next summer. Guess what, if the club pays him the salary he highly deserves and if we start winning trophies or at the very least show real ambitions of winning things, there's a good chance that Coutinho will be here for a long time. And by "ambitions", I really mean, to bring in other quality players and to hold on strong to your best players. It's that simple.
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