Barcelona are reportedly outlining their plan for Philippe Coutinho if the Brazilian doesn't join Bayern Munich permanently in the summer.
Sport report that Barca are still unsure whether the German giants will turn their loan deal for the Brazilian into a straight transfer at the end of the season, with a fee of €120million attached to his current temporary stay.
Coutinho's performances in Munich have been somewhat hit and miss, and he has found himself in and out of the team under the current boss Hansi Flick.
The former Liverpool star has scored nine goals in 31 appearances for Bayern this season, but he has often found himself on the fringes during the bigger matches in both the Bundesliga and the Champions League, where he started on the bench in the recent 3-0 win at Chelsea .
The playmaker has plenty of fans within the Bayern squad, including his fellow Brazilian Rafinha who is quoted by Sport as saying: "Philippe is a super player. Bayern need a Brazilian in their team and Coutinho is world class."
But, fearful that Bayern won't exercise their option to buy him, Barca are said to be considering what to do with a player who appears to have little future at the Nou Camp.
The Sport report says Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain are ready to make an offer for Coutinho in the summer if he doesn't go to Bayern, but Barca's plan is to use the attacking midfielder as a makeweight in their own major transfer deals.
The move to sign Neymar from PSG is likely to be resurrected in the summer as the forward seeks to force his way out of the French capital, and Coutinho could be used in a deal to re-sign the world's most expensive player.
BenonKay
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He is a sharpshooter and yet Barcelona midfielders currently at the club are whole Helpless and hopeless infrount of Goal or at the age of the box🧐🤔
Tahbrtu
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If Coutinho goes to PSG he still going to have problem the only place i feel he'll do good is at Liverpool where he will play more comfortable
whykallar
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Only academy players can succeed at Barca, beside Suarez , Eto and Ronaldinho, no players have easily succeed at Barca.
Weociknoyz
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Coutinho is then and now a great footballer with countless and priceless qualities such as dribbling, passing, creating space and shooting at goal... What has this guy done wrong to deserve this ill treatment from both Barca board and some fans who don't understand football. Barca raised Coutinho so high in the air and dropped him....This is unfair coz he was one of the outstanding players in the EPL and for Liverpool. I love Coutinho! Don't return to Barca anymore....
Jayjay749
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Swap coutihno with Ney And swap rakitic with inter’s Luataro Bid for napoil’s koulibaly Reconstract the midfield and add ruig puig from the la masia and we ll have a strong team
clementfuh
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this club got issues this season we are on striker issues and they are planning to sell out a good one and buy nothing what's wrong with this club and not being patient like mousa sisoko who is a beast now in the midfield...🤦
kiwabeklsu
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Why can't we bring this man back?is a world class football player with a right coach i think his gonna surprise everyone,I wish they give him a second chance since we don't have any scoring midfielder