Barcelona and Brazil have enjoyed a long-running relationship, with some of the best players in the modern era representing both the club and country.
But in among their many successes, there have been a fair few flops and some downright head-scratchers.
Here’s how we’ve ranked the 27 Brazilians to have signed for the club since 1990.
27. Philippe Coutinho
Anyone that watched Coutinho tear it up at Liverpool knows that he’s not a bad player – he’s a far better footballer than many names on this list, in fact.
However, those ahead of them didn’t nearly bankrupt the club. Given how little he’s done for Barcelona – and the fact he scored two goals against them in an 8-2 thrashing whilst on loan at Bayern Munich – means he has to come bottom here.
Neither a replacement for his compatriot Neymar, nor club icon Andres Iniesta, Coutinho was always going to be an awkward fit at Barcelona. He never quite adapted and now Barcelona are reportedly paying half his wages during his loan at Aston Villa.
They’ll be lucky to ever recoup a tiny fraction of the club-record €170million they paid Liverpool for him back in January 2018. There’s a strong argument to be made it’s the worst signing in the history of football.
READ: Ranking the 10 worst signings of Josep Maria Bartomeu’s Barca presidency
26. Keirrison
Signed for €14million in 2009, he never made a senior appearance for Barcelona. Six years and five loans later, he left on a free. That went well.
25. Henrique
Barcelona gazumped Ajax to sign Henrique for €8million from Palmeiras, but he was another to never actually play for the club, often loaned out before his contract was eventually cancelled. A slightly cheaper Keirrison.
24. Marlon Santos
Signed from Fluminense for €5million, three senior appearances in 2016-17, sold to Sassuolo for €6million. *Insert Alan Partridge shrug here*.
23. Emerson Royal
Emerson Royal never actually made an appearance for Barca following his convoluted transfer from Atletico Mineiro (via Real Betis). Still, the right-back made them a healthy profit when he was sold to Tottenham for approximately €30million.
22. Douglas
Eight years on, we’re still not sure how or why Douglas ended up at the club.
21. Fabio Rochemback
A cult hero at Middlesbrough. Not a cult hero at Barcelona.
20. Geovanni
A cult hero at Hull City. Not a cult hero at Barcelona.
READ: A celebration of Geovanni, Ronaldinho’s contemporary who lit up the Prem
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