Coutinho was magnificent in first half of La Liga this season. But later on after injury, he paced down and started doing mistakes. This concentrated performance pressure and he dealt horribly with pressure. Now he is completely off-play. But that doesn't mean he didn't suit to Barca style.
Griezmann on the other side has completely different story. He is a smart attacking player but he always need one more player in front of him to create space for him, let it be Giroud in France team or Morata/Costa in Atletico. But in Barca, he won't get this service. However, I think Griezmann can fit in Barca style if Dembele changes his role. If he can make those long runs from left side and create spaces, Griezmann can surely lead counter attacks from middle with Messi on his right. In current system, Suarez and Coutinho are too slow for counter attack. But after Griezmann arrival, this department might get better for Barca.
I don't know how many more star players need for Barca.They already have the best player in the world, Dembele, Suarez, Malcom, Vidal, Jordi Alba, Pique, One of the best Goal-keeper M. Neuer and more.But still they got bottled up in UCL.Griezmann will be very good option for Barcelona.But I think Barcelona shouldn’t focus on names rather on match winners.
Since when Neuer is playing for Barca?
Maybe you mean ter Stegen lol
. And I hardly can call players like Malcom Vidal as stars. But I agree with your opinion, I don't like Barca transfers policy in recent years - we saw huge money paid for players like Dembele, Coutinho, Paulinho and they not always brings expected result. It will be interesting to watch how Griezmann will perform.
But there is one thing - buying star player for a big money is less risky than buy some unknown playees as future prospects. Offcourse, we also have some nice exeptions. It's Arthur, I'm not sure how many people heard his name before Barca bought him, but he had very solid season.
