Barcelona explores against time the transfer of the Brazilian soccer player to the Premier before the close of the English market.
In football everything happens too fast. Only 19 months ago Philippe Coutinho arrived in Barcelona because the rectors considered that he should be the one to alleviate the duel due to Iniesta's absence - no matter how much the boy ended up playing as a false end, a position where he ended up getting carried away.
The club paid 120 million euros in an operation that also included variable items for another 40 more. Coutinho not only did not correspond to the expectations created or the fame acquired during his time at Liverpool, but he got used to the whistles of a Camp Nou that never connected with his cachazudo football. But Barcelona, despite being aware that he missed the shot with Coutinho, has forbidden to sell it.
Eric Abidal, technical secretary of Barcelona, traveled to Miami with the Barca expedition that carries out the American tour with his assistant, Ramon Planes, and Òscar Grau, who is the one who sets the economic parameters of any negotiation. Under the command of Josep Maria Bartomeu - you know, the plenipotentiary president also involved sports vice president - they work against the clock in the United States to solve the exit of Coutinho. The red lines are clear. If a transaction is achieved, the price should always exceed 100 million euros despite the devaluation of the player. And given the obvious difficulty of getting that amount, the transfer of the player to a club in the Premier League is also being explored, where he is still remembered for his magnificent six years at Liverpool.