Aston Villa must sign Coutinho permanently

Villa have now won three of their last six, and are putting on some very impressive performances, including the weekend’s 4-0 win at home to Southampton – who themselves have had a very good season too under Ralph Hasenhuttl. However, Coutinho’s footballing intelligence and quality proved to be too much for the Saints defenders to handle, as he created one goal and scored another himself, taking his tally for the season so far in the Premier League to three goals and three assists in just seven …