Liverpool star Philippe Coutinho set to finally get his dream Barcelona move
Reports say the clubs have agreed a deal in principle to send the Brazilian to Spain
Barcelona and Liverpool have agreed a deal in principle to allow Philippe Coutinho to move to the Spanish giants for €120 million (HK$1.12 billion), a report said on Saturday.
A Barcelona-based Sport newspaper said Coutinho would join Barca this month on a deal for five seasons, although it said the details of the deal were still to be finalised.
Coutinho’s departure would be a blow to Liverpool, but it would allow Barcelona to move on from the bitter experience of losing his Brazil teammate Neymar last summer to Qatar-backed Paris Saint-Germain for a world record €222 million.
“The club reached a deal in principle yesterday evening with Liverpool on the final amount of the deal,” Sport reported.
Another newspaper, Mundo Deportivo, said Liverpool were demanding 160 million euros for 25-year-old Coutinho, but that the sum would be made up of the transfer fee and other “variables”.