FC Barcelona has confirmed this Friday the transfer until the end of the current season of the Brazilian Philippe Coutinho a l’Aston Villa, a team that will take over part of the player’s card.
The agreement, which is subject to the player passing the medical examination and receiving the English work permit, includes a purchase option.
According to the statement, Coutinho is scheduled to travel to Birmingham in the next few hours.
It will be the second assignment of Coutinho since he joined FC Barcelona in January 2018 from Liverpool in exchange for 120 million euros plus 40 more in variables, becoming the most expensive signing in the history of the entity.
The performance of Coutinho, who is now 29 years old and ends his contract with Barça on June 30, 2023, has fallen far short of expectations. Proof of this is that he already played on loan at Bayern Munich in the 2019-20 season.
Barcelona thus emerges fromone of the highest tabs of the first squad, which will allow him to lighten the salary margin to enroll new players such as the Spaniard Ferran Torres.
In the three years he has played for Barcelona, the Brazilian has played a total of 106 games, scored 25 goals and distributed 15 assists.
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