Coutinho And Gerrard during the Aston Villa-Southampton

IT IS VALUED AT 40 MILLION EUROS

Gerrard insinuates that Villa do not want to exercise the purchase option for Coutinho

Published:11/03/2022 - 10:06h

Updated:11/03/2022 - 13:25h

Philippe Coutinho has recovered his best version with Aston Villa in the Premier League. Now, although he is indisputable in Steven Gerrard's eleven, there are doubts about exercising his purchase option

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The Barcelona yielded to Philippe Coutinho to free mass salarial and give him minutes before the World-wide of Catar 2022. The Aston Villa received it, occupying of a percentage of his index card and being Steven Gerrard the main valedor of his incorporation. Now, the Brazilian has been a key piece in the diagram of game of the 'peasant', those who have the option of purchase of 40 million euros on the table.

However, from the English club would be thinking twice if exert said option or leave him return to the Barça. According to an information desvelada by Fabrizio Romano, the trainer of the British group sees difficult the operation by a so high price. "It is a pleasure see to Philippe Coutinho, love it here. Option of purchase by 40 'kilos'? It is more complicated of what the people thinks", affirmed the ex Liverpool.

Besides, the specialist in market of signings also added that Gerrard would have more than clear his posture if the money went his. "The option is here. If it was my money, think that know the answer", added the technician, leaving clear that if the decision to buy to 'Cou' happened only by his hands, would be an action more than guaranteeed.

Coutinho Is leading

The one of Rio de Janeiro has done a place inside the eleven headline and is indisputable for the míster. With 29 years, the Premier has recovered the best version of the attacker, that already adds four goals and three assistances in the eight parties that has contested. Big part of the victories of the team have been by his influence inside the field, and although they are to nine points of the European places, the Villa does not give by died the season.

In spite of his high value of purchase, exists the possibility that both clubs negotiate his sale when finishing the season when it finalise his cession. The FC Barcelona knows that there is not space inside the staff of Xavi Hernández for him, and the best solution for all the interested would be pactar a price of traspaso chord that benefit so much to the player as to the institution.

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