Former Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann has branded Philippe Coutinho 'half a player' following the start to his loan spell at Bayern Munich.
Coutinho, 27, joined Barcelona from Liverpool in a £142m switch in January 2018 but failed to make his mark at the Camp Nou.
After a summer of speculation he was eventually loaned to Munich - Hamann also represented the Bundesliga giants - where he has registered two goals and three assists in his first 10 appearances.
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"For me, he is a stranger in the team," Hamann told Sport Bild. "I cannot remember a good situation [he made] in attack.
"If you have such a player in the team and he does not show any special moments, then, of course, you get problems because in the defence he only counts as half a player.
"He has 30 or 35 games left so he has to start sometime. He is still on loan from Barca until the end of the season."
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Coutinho featured for the entirety of Bayern's 3-2 Champions League win at Olympiacos on Tuesday night and head coach Niko Kovac defended the Brazilian's performance afterwards.
"At the moment he lacks a little bit of luck," he said. "He always has good actions. I am very satisfied with his performance as well as with the performance of the others."
