Three English Premier League Sides Lurking For Former Liverpool Winger

Written By Onyeka Daniel

Brazilian winger, Phillipe Coutinho has now become a peripheral figure at Barcelona and the club have resolved to move him on in the coming January transfer window.

More Details

When Xavi Hernandez first assumed his role as Barcelona, he first wanted to assess most of the players before deciding if they stay or leave and in the case of Coutinho, the jury is out on him and he should be out of the club by January with the club freeing up some funds with his transfer.

LATEST POSTS

This can be used to strengthen the team and the fact that he earns a salary in the region of €22m per season despite contributing little is all the more reason why the Catalans are desperate to sell him.

Coutinho, who seems to have success away from the Camp Nou, winning the UEFA Champions League trophy with Bayern Munich while he was on loan with the German side, has accumulated 608 minutes across 16 matches this season under both Koeman and Xavi, but is consistently being overlooked in favour of unproven teenagers.

His days at Camp Nou appears to be numbered. English side, Liverpool, from where he joined Barcelona don’t seem to have any interest in reacquiring him but their Meryerside neighbor, Everton are looking to snap him up to arrest their downward slide down the English Premier League table as they are currently 14th on the table with just 19 points after 17 rounds of matches.

The club who recently hired Rafa Benitez, also a former Liverpool manager would be looking to take the player on loan for the rest of the season but they will have to contend with two other clubs from the English Premier League, namely Newcastle and West Ham.

The Tyneside club, who recently got acquired by a Saudi-state backed investment fund, hence, they have the financial might to go for Coutinho and also West Ham, whose interest is not that firm at the moment but could accelerate for the Brazilian if he’s requested for by their coach.

The Hammers, who are currently fifth on the table and have the chance of making the top four if they can keep their current momentum going.

Meanwhile…

Barcelona will host a special event at Estadi Johan Cruyff in aid of a project that will help sick children.

In their usual tradition of visiting hospital, the club have been unable to do so for the second year running due to the coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the world but the club have found a way to bring the joy of seeing their idols to these kids by hosting an open training session just after the turn of the year.

Barcelona Foundation are now attempting to raise money to fund a robot that can take ill and hospitalised children on a personalised virtual tour of Camp Nou and the club’s museum.The open training session, which will be held on January 3, will cost fans €3, and all the money earned will go towards the project.

Tickets for the session, which will begin shortly after 9.30am, are available to Barca members from today through the club’s online ticket store, and the general public can purchase tickets from tomorrow, December 23. As ever, the event will be subject to local coronavirus measures.

Do you have a story tip?
Kindly Email: keepup@bettitude.com

You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube

(Diario AS)

Bookmark (0)

Please login to bookmark