Last summer is a strange market. With all club can sense there is strong trend of going up of price for players, no one are willing to sell.
Everyone noticed that the price is going crazy but they also knew the money was there.
Even if we sold Countinho with 150M (which probably Barca was not willing to offer, they dont want Countinho. Instead, they just want Countinho for cheap). What's the point if we use most of the above fund to find a replacement which probably not as good as him but costs almost the same ? (Lemar, was, valued at 92M, who is actually unproven in EPL)
Therefore, it is a must to keep Countinho here. If Barca wants him, they will go back for him with at least the same amount of money next season. If they dont go back for him, then we are happy to keep and play him every week.
Coutinho is not a bad lad. He is just 25 and can still consider to be young and would make wrong decisions.