Romero: Aston Villa buy Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona for €20m
Barcelona are willing to take a financial hit to move the Brazilian's sizeable salary off their books.
The Catalans need to remove some of the higher earners in order to have room for manoeuvre in the transfer market this season.
Coutinho has had a quiet end to the season at Villa Park but made a quick first impression when he first joined and has netted four goals since arriving in January, providing three assists.
He featured against his former club Liverpool on Tuesday night, playing 70 minutes before being replaced by Emiliano Buendia in the 2-1 home defeat.
His impressive form this season has seen him being linked with both Arsenal and Newcastle, but Villa boss Steven Gerrard has made it clear he wanted him to remain on the club's books next season.
KHMMURU07
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A biggest robbery to both Barca and Madrid in form of Hazard and Coutinho. . . . Soon we to will be on the same page as Barca by selling burger boy for cheap.
RäbbïHösënRömän
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This shows how stupid Barca board is. They bought him for a fortune and selling him at a very cut price. Not just this they also played him for 106. If they could play him 7 less games then they wouldn't needed to pay Liverpool extra bonus. Ultra level stupidity.
pamikoruyz
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This shows how stupid Barca board is. They bought him for a fortune and selling him at a very cut price. Not just this they also played him for 106. If they could play him 7 less games then they wouldn't needed to pay Liverpool extra bonus. Ultra level stupidity.
u don’t know nothing about football ,as u claim to know too much Real Madrid wants to hazard now who will pay 20m for him now learn to think before u express your stupidity