Antoine Griezmann was signed from Atletico Madrid with high expectations expected of him having shine greatly at Atletico Madrid. He has failed to live up to expectations even under new Barcelona head coach Ronald Koeman although the season is still very fresh.

If Griezmann is to ever be at his best then Barcelona must learn from how he his been used at the national level. Griezmann scored his 32nd goal for France during their friendly match against Ukraine last week that made him surpass Zinedine Zidane and moved him into the top five goal scorer of all time for France.

The simple philosophy that France head coach is using, his playing his best players in their best position which allows Griezmann to flourish contrary to the way he has been used in Barcelona. Ronald Koeman must use Griezmann in his best position to allow him to flourish and not just Griezmann but every other Barcelona player.

Philippe Coutinho said he his determined to make his mark in Barcelona after a successful loan spell at Bayern Munich last season. Coutinho returned to Barcelona after winning the Champions League with Bayern Munich in which he scored against Barcelona in the quarter-finals as Bayern trashed his parent club.

Under new Barcelona head coach Ronald Koeman, Coutinho has begun to show a glimpse of his performance that saw Barcelona sign him from Liverpool. During an interview with Brazil on international duty, Coutinho said he has returned to Spain with a lot of desire for things to go well.

Depay says he his hopeful that more transfer interest will be shown to him when the transfer window opens in January after his failed switch to Barcelona. His current contract will expire next year June and Lyon will want to sell him before June so as not to lose him on a free transfer. Barcelona is still very much interested in Memphis Depay as they didn't replace Luis Saurez who moved to Atletico Madrid.

Frenkie de Jong was criticized by Ronald Koeman after his bad performance against Sevilla before the international break which saw Barcelona drop points and concedes a goal for the very first time in this new campaign. De Jong has now accepted Koeman's criticism saying it was truly ahead of the Netherlands match against Bosnia and Herzegovina today.

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