Aston Villa managed to signal one of the highly-rated midfielders within the league this summer time, buying Amadou Onana from Everton for £50m. Douglas Luiz was a midfielder bought by the Villans this summer time, becoming a member of Juventus in a £42.35m deal.
Onana made 37 appearances for Everton final season in all competitions, scoring three objectives, offering one help and contributing to 11 clear sheets in his 2,698 minutes performed.
Many high golf equipment have been linked with a transfer for Onana, together with the likes of Manchester United and Arsenal, however Villa managed to beat them to the coup.
The Belgian is now seen as Villa’s second most dear participant (£42.2m) in line with Transfermarkt, with essentially the most invaluable being Ollie Watkins, valued at (round £55m).
That mentioned, it is nonetheless not as a lot as a sure Philippe Coutinho’s whose profession has taken a nosedive in the previous few years.
Philippe Coutinho’s report at Villa
Coutinho joined Aston Villa from Barcelona in 2022 for a price of round £17m, having already spent six months on mortgage with the Villans from January that yr through the 2021/22 marketing campaign.
The Brazilian made 43 appearances for Villa in all competitions, scoring six objectives, offering three assists, and totalling 2,296 minutes for the membership.
Coutinho is now out on mortgage with Vasco de Gama in Brazil, having spent a while final season on mortgage with Al-Duhail SC, taking part in within the Qatar Stars League, making 16 appearances and scoring three objectives.
Coutinho’s market worth over time
As soon as described as a “magical” participant by Liverpool and Brazil teammate, Roberto Firmino, Coutinho’s worth peaked at a staggering £126m in line with Transfermarkt, after becoming a member of Barcelona from Liverpool again in 2018. That is greater than double the worth of £55m-rated Watkins and goes to indicate simply how extremely he was rated previous to signing for Villa.
Coutinho has performed for a number of the finest groups on the planet, having stints with Liverpool, Barca, Inter, and Bayern Munich, alongside along with his spells at Villa, Al-Duhail SC, Espanyol, and Vasco de Gama, his present membership.
To compound his meteoric fall from grace, the Brazilian is now solely valued at round £6m by Transfermarkt, as he enters the ultimate years of his profession.
Coutinho final ten seasons comparability | |
|---|---|
Season | Objectives + Assists |
14/15 | 14 |
15/16 | 19 |
16/17 | 23 |
17/18 | 36 |
18/19 | 16 |
19/20 | 20 |
20/21 | 5 |
21/22 | 10 |
22/23 | 1 |
23/24 | 12 |
Stats taken from Transfermarkt | |
As you may see from Coutinho’s G/A numbers, he joined Villa on the decline, with the 2022/23 season being his worst output season during the last decade of soccer. He contributed simply the one aim that season, scoring towards Arsenal in a 4-2 defeat.
Nonetheless, on the peak of his powers, you may see what the attacking midfielder supplied, not simply along with his wizardry on the ball, but in addition his output, along with his finest season coming in 2017/18, the yr he moved from Liverpool to Barcelona in January.
That time period, Coutinho scored 12 occasions and offered eight assists for Liverpool, earlier than additionally scoring an extra 9 objectives, and offering an extra seven assists for Barcelona following his transfer.
Regardless of as soon as being a +£100m worth participant, Coutinho joined Villa with a price of round £16.8m, due to this fact his time on the membership which got here with flashes of brilliance, can’t be neglected.
Nonetheless, as he performs out his closing years in Brazil, Villa are greater than geared up within the midfield division going forwards, with new signing Onana, and Morgan Rogers taking the attacking midfield strings it appears.
