It ARRIVED To THE CAMP NOU IN 2018
The rocambolesca clause of the signing of Coutinho by the Barça
Published:19/04/2019 - 17:06h
Updated:19/04/2019 - 18:33h
Philippe Coutinho arrived to the FC Barcelona in winter of 2018 pertinent of the Liverpool like the most expensive signing of the history of the Barcelona group. Now, it has gone out to the light a clause that the club culé would have signed with the English entity
Philippe Coutinho arrived to the FC Barcelona in winter of 2018, in a month of January in which it achieved convince to the Liverpool so that it left to go out to his star. The negotiations were very complicated and longevous, since they had initiated in summer of 2017, even before Neymar finish signing by Paris Saint-Germain.
The group 'network' achieved to keep to Coutinho in the staff until after the closing of the window of traspasos veraniega, but the contacts followed. The FC Barcelona wanted to to the Brazilian yes or yes and finally the operation finish closing at the beginning of the past year, by a quantity that converted to the carioca in the signing culé more expensive of the history: 160 million euros.
However, by what seems, the 'payment' of the traspaso of Coutinho did not finish with the money. According to the recently published informations by the English newspaper Daily Mail, the Liverpool included in the traspaso a clause to complicate future signings of the Barça pertinent of the British group.
In concrete, this clause would be a penalty of 100 million extra pounds (some 115 million euros) in case that the FC Barcelona wanted to carry to a crack 'network'. In this way, the Barcelona club would lose options in the bidding by any crack of the English group in front of other teams.
The clause is a so much odd, since in the Premier League do not exist the clauses of rescission and the Liverpool only would sell to his cracks in case that there was own will. Anyway, said contractual penalty would finish in 2020, reason by which the Barça could go back to opt to players 'reds' in summer of 2021.
What would lose the Barça in the Liverpool
If the informations of the English press are some, the FC Barcelona would have closed the door to any signing 'network' until 2021. This means that players like Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané or Virgil go Dijk could not dress of Barcelona in case that there was interest by both parts. Anyway, it does time that the Liverpool has left to be a club seller...
