Philippe Coutinho in a party of the Barça

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OFFICIAL: Philippe Coutinho leaves on loan to Aston Villa

Published:7/01/2022 - 10:33h

Updated:7/01/2022 - 12:07h

Steven Gerrard's insistence paid off. Barcelona and Aston Villa have reached an agreement for Philippe Coutinho, who will leave on loan until the end of the season

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The FC Barcelona and the Aston Villa have arrived to an agreement by the cession of Philippe Coutinho. After several days of negotiations, the surroundings of the Brazilian has decided by the English group, in where it will be until final of season. With this movement, the ones of Joan Laporta will have space salarial sufficient to be able to inscribe to Ferran Torres, the one who will be able to see minutes of official way grieve recover of his injury in the right foot.

It is not the first time that 'Cou' has been yielded by the Barça. Already it does two seasons was a member of the rows of the Bayern Munich, in an attempt by reencontrarse with that image that had when it went out of Liverpool. However, it returned to Catalonia, and this time presents him again the opportunity to add minutes and prepare to look for a place with his selection in Catar 2022.

The 'canarinho' arrived to the City Condal four years ago, turning into the most expensive player in the history of the team. Nevertheless, never it could reach his potential maximum. Now, it seems that Steven Gerrard, technician of the 'peasant' and ex mate of Coutinho, has been a fundamental part in the operation, as it sees with 'good eyes' his arrival to the Villa Park.

The managerial bluagrana seems that it tightened so that the cession coincided with the agreement of the player, and extended until summer of the 2023, but only there was an agreement by six months without option of compulsory purchase. In spite of this, the part that in reality interests in the Camp Nou is the partial release of his index card until June, since it will allow the entrance of new active like reinforcements for Xavi Hernández. The born in Rio de Janeiro understood that it would not have prominence in the diagram of the egarense, by what the option to return to the Premier League in search of new desafios is a decision that benefits to both parts.

It is not all resolved

Although the cession of the attacker results to be 'oxygen' for the Barcelona, even remains a long way for visiting. The club has the highest wages of the planet, and has to go out of those players that invoice a lot but play little. With the 'verdeamarelo' out of the conversation, the French Samuel Umititi would be the following. The defender does not have minutes neither with the confidence of the trainer, by what has to reduce his aspirations and look for an exit of the institution if it wants to go back to step a field of game. Added to this, this to the earring the renewal of Ousmane Dembélé. The forward has showed negative in front of the offers of the entity, which already begins to see him with a foot out of the plantel.

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