Barcelona will sit down with Philippe Coutinho’s representatives next week to discuss the player’s proposed transfer, claim reports originating from Spain today.
It is claimed that the 25-year-old Liverpool midfielder will be allowed to make the switch to the Nou Camp in January providing Barcelona meet Liverpool’s valuation.
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Coutinho’s agent, Kia Joorabchian, will meet with both clubs within the next week to hopefully sign off an agreement, if you choose to believe the reports. We expect few of you will.
Although a deal is said to be close, there are suggestions that Barcelona are not willing to offer Liverpool as much as they did in the summer which sounds contradictory to us. The Reds would look stupid if they were to accept a lower fee than what was offered only a couple of months ago, so are things really as “close” as the Spanish media want us to believe?
The local media on Merseyside are quick to ridicule the various Coutinho claims made by the Spanish press which is understandable. However, we wouldn’t laugh at them too much. The player still wants to join them and those in his camp claim an agreement is in place with Liverpool to allow him to leave next year providing a suitable transfer fee is received.
For now he remains a Liverpool player and the good news is that he’s knuckled-down and isn’t sulking. Some may say that’s because there’s a World Cup around the corner and maybe that is the case, but at least he’s putting in 100% while wearing the Liverpool shirt.
It’s worth pointing out that some quarters of the Spanish media have reported that Barcelona are drawing up plans to target alternatives should a deal for Coutinho fails to be brokered.
Ifs, buts, maybes … one thing’s for sure, this rubbish is going to rumble on for months.
