Barça, about to sell Coutinho to Aston Villa for around 20 million

FC Barcelona is about to transfer to Philippe Coutinho (29 years) to Aston Villa, club in which the Brazilian is on loan until the end of the season. This is how MD has been able to find out according to sources from the Barça dressing room, where this information has already arrived. The English entity had a non-compulsory purchase option for 40 million. Finally, Barça is about to transfer to Coutinho al Villa for an amount between 15-20 million.

This operation is a relief for the FC Barcelona, given that one of the highest chips in the team is removed and that it was also committed for the next season. At least, the club gets rid of the salary of Coutinho and get a profit for it.

Gerrard express request

Steve Gerrardtechnician of Aston Villahas publicly requested the hiring of Coutinho and despite the fact that in recent games he has not scored or given assists, he has insisted on his signing. His club has paid attention to him and is very close to closing with Barça the arrival of him already in property at Villa Park.

“We want to Coutinho here,” the former English international said yesterday about his former teammate in the Liverpool dressing room. Cou He was a substitute on the last day of the Premier League against Burnley. He came out onto the field in the 80th minute of the game but Gerrard made it clear that “Philippe He has understood it, he has played many games in a row”.

Barça gave in to Coutinho al Aston Villa last January 7. According to the journalist Fabrizio Romano, the English club undertook to pay the 65 percent of the Brazilian file. Sources from the Barça club pointed out that the departure of Coutinho it meant a saving of seven million euros for the coffers of the club.

A media signing that did not settle

Cou He signed for Barça on January 6, 2018, after having tried unsuccessfully in the summer of 2017, after Neymar left for PSG after paying his termination clause. 222 million. The azulgrana club undertook to pay the Liverpool 120 million fixed transfer, plus some variables that could mean 40 million plus. His termination clause was set at 400 million euros.

His first half season, the end of 2017-18, was very creditable and he performed very well in the League and Cup, although he was unable to play in the Champions League having played the first phase with Liverpool. In the 2018-19 campaign he did not perform so well and had problems with the Camp Nou crowd, who whistled at him in some game, which caused the Brazilian to get angry. That summer, Coutinho decided to go on loan to Bayern Munich ahead of the 2019-20 season, with which he won the Bundesliga, the German Cup and the Champions League, participating with two goals in Bayern’s 2-8 win over Barça in the quarterfinals played in the Lisbon bubble.

In that summer of 2020 he returned to Barça why Ronald Koeman I was counting on him. However, neither in the 2020-21 campaign nor in the first part of 2021-22 did he manage to establish himself as a starter at Barça. For this reason, last January, already under the orders of Xavi Hernandezwas loaned to Aston Villa upon request of S.had Gerrardwho was his partner in the Liverpool. It will stay there.

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