Philippe Coutinho has the option to sign a permanent £33million deal at Aston Villa. If the club are satisfy with the Brazilian midfielder’s performance.
Barcelona agree to let Philippe Coutinho join Aston Villa on loan for the remainder of the season. There is a permanent signing option worth £33 million. But it’s not an obligation that forces the Lionesses to pay anything. As report by Marca on Saturday.
Coutinho join Barcelona from Liverpool in January 2018. But his career at Azul Grana didn’t turn out to be as glorious. UFABET As he had hoped until the Brazilian midfielder decided to make another move to the Premier League. Once with Aston Villa under the direction of his old friend Steven Gerrard at the Reds’ camp.
According to reports. Aston Villa will be responsible for around 65 per cent of Coutinho’s wages. With the option to make a permanent deal worth £33million. If the Blues are satisfied with the player’s performance for the remainder of the season this. That means Barcelona will face massive losses after paying £142million to bring players from Anfield in 2018.
However, Sport previously reported that Coutinho was open to a move to Arsenal. But in the end, his agent was not contacted by the famous North London team.
The Gunners have always been linked with the 29-year-old, and they thought about signing him last summer. But they are concerned about the players’ injury problems.
Coutinho underwent knee surgery in April. As a result, Arsenal opted to sign Martin Odegaard, a similar player from Real Madrid.
Coutinho’s agent waits for Arsenal offer But when there was no such signal, the player had to move to the Villa team instead.