Inter, Benitez: "Coutinho? Some players didn't want to realise they had to leave space for someone like him, who was 18 at the time"

From the difficulties in handling the club after the Mourinho era to his memories about Coutinho: "When I arrived some promises regarding the transfer window were made to me, but no one arrived.  When something like this happens, you obviously have a crisis. We had 15 players that were older than 30, some were 36, 37, 38.  That team also suffered a lot of injuries that season. Coutinho? Some players didn't want to realise they had to leave space for someone like him, who was 18 at the time. A player who had won a treble couldn't understand why Coutinho could play ahead of them".

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