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Coutinho Joins Barcelona in €160m Transfer

Phillipe Coutinho has signed for Barcelona in a five-year deal, the Catalan club has confirmed, with the fee believed to be 160 million euros, Barcelona officials confirmed.

“FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of Philippe Coutinho. The player will sign a contract for the remainder of the season and five more, and will have a buyout clause of 400 million euros,” Barcelona announced on its website. 

In what is the second most expensive transfer ever after another Brazilian footballer Neymar's move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, 120 million euros is to be paid up front with another 40 million performance-related.

The Brazilian is expected to be presented at the Camp Nou on Monday, which will conclude a transfer saga that dragged on throughout last summer with Liverpool then adamant that they would not allow their key creative midfielder to leave, the Spanish newspaper Marca said.

Coutinho did put in a transfer request but it did not sway the Liverpool board but now the persistence of Barcelona and the player has seen the move finally come to fruition, it said.

Barcelona have brought in the player despite him not being eligible for the Champions League this season, having already been fielded by Liverpool.

Coutinho Joins Barcelona in €160m Transfer

Brazilian star signs a five-and-a-half-year contract with a €400 million buy-out clause.

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Phillipe Coutinho has signed for Barcelona in a five-year deal, the Catalan club has confirmed, with the fee believed to be 160 million euros, Barcelona officials confirmed.

“FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of Philippe Coutinho. The player will sign a contract for the remainder of the season and five more, and will have a buyout clause of 400 million euros,” Barcelona announced on its website. 

In what is the second most expensive transfer ever after another Brazilian footballer Neymar's move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, 120 million euros is to be paid up front with another 40 million performance-related.

The Brazilian is expected to be presented at the Camp Nou on Monday, which will conclude a transfer saga that dragged on throughout last summer with Liverpool then adamant that they would not allow their key creative midfielder to leave, the Spanish newspaper Marca said.

Coutinho did put in a transfer request but it did not sway the Liverpool board but now the persistence of Barcelona and the player has seen the move finally come to fruition, it said.

Barcelona have brought in the player despite him not being eligible for the Champions League this season, having already been fielded by Liverpool.

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