In spite of that the signing of Philippe Coutinho by the FC Barcelona remained frustrated the past summer because of the high pretences of the Liverpool to sell it, the Barcelona club has not surrendered and will try his contracting in the next periods of incorporations initiated in January and June. Coutinho Would turn into a key piece in the diagrams of Ernesto Valverde. If his signing fails, however, the Barça has four alternatives, as desvela Mark.

The four alternatives of the Barça in case it fails Philippe Coutinho

Arthur

The Brazilian midfield player of 21 years is one of the big aims of the technical office of the FC Barcelona. His clause of rescission is of some 50 million euros and his signing for winter seems complicated, by what would be planned for June. It is an operation that is independent of the one of Coutinho. That is to say, fiche or no the crack of the Liverpool, the Barça will go to by Arthur.

Mesut Özil

The German midfield player of the Arsenal sounds from does weeks to be the plan 'B' of the FC Barcelona in case Coutinho does not arrive. It treats of a mediapunta with experience in LaLiga by his go through the Real Madrid and, when finishing agreement in June, would go out by a no upper quantity to the 25 million euros. However, his behaviour generates division in the sportive area on his signing.

Oscar

Oscar would not be a simple signing for the FC Barcelona since the Shanghai SIPG FC, his current team, paid more than 60 million euros to Chelsea in the market of the past winter. The Brazilian midfield player, by his part, is 26 years old and a millionaire index card, by what it would be necessary to convince him more by the sportive project that by the economic figures inalcanzables.

Nabil Fekir

The Barça has followed closely the performances of Fekir from does practically a year, and knows well of the explosividad of the attacker in the offensive flank, with a big capacity, good definition and very participatory to the hour to knit played dangerous. However, the footballer would not abandon Lyon by less than 50 million euros.