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title: "Aston Villa: Ben Dinnery reacts to Philippe Coutinho’s injury"
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author: "Charlie Smith"
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published: "2022-11-17T18:05:13Z"
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# Aston Villa: Ben Dinnery reacts to Philippe Coutinho’s injury

**Injury expert [Ben Dinnery](https://mobile.twitter.com/bendinnery?lang=en) has been reacting to an injury to [Aston Villa](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/) star Philippe Coutinho.**

### The Lowdown: Coutinho injury

The 30-year-old is [yet to feature](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/philippe-coutinho/leistungsdatentrainer/spieler/80444) under his new manager Unai Emery after suffering a [thigh injury](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11396285/Philippe-Coutinho-MAJOR-doubt-World-Cup-suffering-thigh-injury-training.html) during training at Bodymoor Heath earlier this month.

[Reports](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11396285/Philippe-Coutinho-MAJOR-doubt-World-Cup-suffering-thigh-injury-training.html) suggested that the Brazilian was set to be out for around seven weeks as a result, missing the World Cup in Qatar. However, it seems as if that timeframe could be longer following Dinnery’s comments, as it appears to be a complex injury from which to recover.

### The Latest: Dinnery’s comments

Dinnery, who contributes for [Sky Sports](https://mobile.twitter.com/bendinnery?lang=en), was speaking to [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88084261-aston-villa-injury-news-coutinho-another-injury-issue-villa-park) regarding Coutinho’s injury. He described it as a ‘fairly serious setback’ and said that it could ‘potentially extend beyond 10-12 weeks’.

The injury analyst stated: *“We’re looking, initially, at around about two months as a minimum for this one.*

*“This was a fairly serious setback and we’re looking at a minimum of seven-eight weeks. That could potentially extend beyond 10-12 weeks.*

*“The difficulty that you always have with long-term injuries is that they’re always fraught with setbacks along the road. It rarely is a smooth, straight line to recovery, so there will be twists and turns along the way.”*

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### The Verdict: Future in question?

Coutinho has struggled for form this season, posting the lowest [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/24/Show/England-Aston-Villa) rating of anyone to start more than three [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) games for Villa, and is yet to score or register an assist in [12](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/philippe-coutinho/leistungsdaten/spieler/80444) top-flight appearances, all of which came prior to Emery’s appointment.

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[Speculation](https://sportwitness.co.uk/aston-villa-will-gladly-try-exchange-deal-january-belief-player-suit-emerys-style/) in recent days even claimed that Villa could be open to a January swap deal involving the 30-year-old and Inter Milan’s Hakan Calhanoglu.

Therefore, we could see Coutinho dropping down the pecking order in the Midlands, with Emery potentially open to offloading the playmaker in 2023.