After some British media reported that the transfer of Liverpool FC midfielder, Philippe Coutinho, has been achieved, now the FC Barcelona has confirmed the success of the transfer
Coutinho has signed a 5.5-year contract with Barcelona with a release clause of 400 million euros.
FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of Philippe Coutinho, "the statement on the official website of FC Barcelona club.
The official website of Barcelona does not mention how much the value of the transfer has been issued by management Blaugrana to sign Coutinho.
However, some leading British media said that the transfer cost of 142 million pounds.
This makes Coutinho officially became the second most expensive player in the world under Neymar who brought Paris Saint-Germain from FC Barcelona in early 2017-2018 with a price of 222 million euros.
The success of Coutinho's transfer was greeted happily by the Barcelona and very confident 25-year-old players will add power knock the team from midfield.
"The presence of this Brazilian player in the squad will be very versatile because of his technical ability and his view in playing football makes him very possible to play in our midfield," wrote the Barcelona statement again.
"His attacking instinct is also very high and can play more in the wings than Coutinho has the speed and always eager to get past defenders and his goal-scoring ability is also undeniable with 13 goals for Liverpool last season." (Fcbarcelona.com)