Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho has responded to claims of unprofessionalism after Saturday’s 3-3 draw with Celta Vigo in La Liga.
Coutinho was asked to warm up by interim coach Sergi Barjuan and looked set to replace the injured Ansu Fati shortly before half-time at Balaidos.
However, the substitution didn’t happen with Barjuan sending on Alejandro Balde at half-time instead, while Coutinho didn’t feature at all and spent the game on the bench.
There had been rumors the Brazilian refused to come on and also claims that Barjuan decided not to send him on because he was not impressed with his attitude after being asked to warm-up.