OFFICIAL: Philippe Coutinho lucirá the dorsal '14' of Mascherano

The signing of Philippe Coutinho by the FC Barcelona closed after long months of wait. The Barcelona entity paid 160 million euros to ensure that the Brazilian midfield player would form part of his team. The Catalan club has confirmed officially that the Brazilian midfield player already has dorsal for his T-shirt.

In a principle, everything did to think that the Brazilian midfield player luciría the '7' that Burn Turan left free after his course to the Turkish league. However, Philippe Coutinho has opted finally by the '14' of Javier Mascherano. The central Argentinian already is officially new player of the Hebei Fortune of the Superliga of China, by what the Barça has been able to communicate that the Brazilian will remain with his number.

Of this form, Philippe Coutinho would inherit a dorsal mythical that carried legendary players as it was the case of Johan Cruyff or, more recently, of Thierry Henry. In the last seasons, Mascherano has been a worthy heir of said dorsal, consecrating as one of the main banners of the Barcelona team.

The dorsal '7', reserved for Griezmann?

According to the informations published by Sportive World the past week, the FC Barcelona plans to reserve for Antoine Griezmann the dorsal that has in this moment in the Athletic of Madrid, the '7'. Until it does a pair of weeks, the dorsal was of Burn Turan. The course of the Turkish leaves orphan the '7', that will follow without owner until the possible arrival of the French.

On the other hand, and such as the club already communicated does some days, Yerry Mina, the another signing of the FC Barcelona in the present market of winter, lucirá the dorsal number '24' of Touré Yaya or of Andrés Iniesta in his starts.