A man to watch for Barca this season

Barcelona will be targeting more success this season with a new attacking trio

Having won a total of 27 trophies over the last decade Barcelona are arguably the best team in the world.

Much of that success has come down to star man Lionel Messi who this year reached the 600 goal mark on the way to leading Barca to a league and cup double, and as exceptional as he is, at 31, time will become a factor in his ability to be the main man in the next couple of years.

This was a factor the Blaugrana were well aware of, and signed Neymar to take over when the time would come where the Argentine's powers would be waning. Neymar's shock move to PSG last summer put a damper on those plans and Barca rightly worked feverishly to secure the signing of Phillipe Coutinho from Liverpool.

While their efforts were rebuffed by the English side, Barcelona got their man in January with a £ 142 million deal. The Brazilian had a good start to his Barca career as he contributed 10 goals from 22 appearances as Barca won the La Liga title along with the Copa del Rey.

His good form carried over into the world cup and even though Brazil were unsuccessful, Coutinho was their brightest light with two goals and two assists in the five matches he participated in in Russia.

Good with his feet and having an eye for that killer pass Coutinho has innovated his game adding a trademark quick shuffle of the feet before slotting the ball from range. He keeps improving as he's adapted his game from playing out wide to playing just behind the striker and now occupies an even deeper role devastating teams with runs from deep.

His form playing for Brazil, Liverpool and Barcelona has been consistently spectacular as the Brazilian bagged 29 goals in total for all three sides and created 15 in the process.

Signs are there that Coutinho is still yet to reach the heights of his true potential and playing along side Luis Suarez and Messi there is plenty to come from the former Liverpool man.