It is the sea serpent of the summer transfer window in Marseille, the rumor Philippe Coutinho keeps making noise.
Too often injured last season, Philippe Coutinho will not be retained by FC Barcelona, which must imperatively reduce its payroll this summer. According to several sources in Italy and Spain, Olympique de Marseille is interested in recruiting the Brazilian international. A track that however seems difficult to believe plausible for Marseille in view of the colossal emoluments of the former star of Liverpool. Asked by The Phocaean, the Italian informant Rudy Galetti once again confirmed the interest of OM and more precisely of their coach Jorge Sampaoli with regard to Philippe Coutinho.
“It is certain that Barça will do everything to part with it this summer, and they are looking for solutions to reduce their payroll. Coutinho, they are ready to let him go for 20 ME, either in dry transfer or by a call option. For his part, Coutinho is ready to take a big pay cut just to play. His number one wish would be to return to the Premier League, but so far the big clubs have not come forward, apart from an approach from Leicester ” thinks he knows the transalpine informant before concluding.
A transfer offer of 10 ME?
“At the end of last week, there were still talks between the player’s representatives and OM. We were talking about different scenarios, such as Puma who could participate in the deal by paying part of the costs via image rights. What is certain is that Sampaoli wants it and insists on studying the feasibility of the operation ”. At the same time, the Spanish version of Goal argues that OM are discussing with Barça and would offer 10 ME to buy Philippe Coutinho while Catalan radio Esport3 talks about an offer of 6 ME in annual salary for the player in Provence. Noises that are struggling to find credible confirmation in French media for the moment …
