Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
Brazilian Philippe Coutinho is no longer accepted in Barcelona, and there has been much talk about the desire of the “Barca” management and Xavi, the coach, to get rid of him and dispense with his services during the “winter Mercato”.
On the other hand, it seems that the “samba” star decided, in turn, to return to the English Premier League, which witnessed the height of his brilliance as a player in Liverpool, before moving to the “Catalan” club, for 140 million euros 4 years ago.
And here he is already on the verge of repeating his English adventure, during the “winter Mercato”, which begins a few days later, and Arsenal is the most interested in obtaining Coutinho’s services, as the Spaniard Mikel Arteta, coach of the “gunners”, agreed to include him because he needed a “touch” Creative” in the midfield, although his team has regained its luster, and continues to achieve good results for a few weeks, and Arteta has expressed his full conviction that the former Liverpool star can meet his ambitions.
In view of Arsenal’s desire to include him, and Barcelona’s lack of reluctance to conclude the deal, for Coutinho’s little by little exit from Xavi’s accounts, the “Catalan” club encouraged the player to search for another club in January, and his agent is trying to bring him back to England again.
In Barcelona, Coutinho turned into a “shadow” of the star who was wandering around in the red shirt of Liverpool, as his result with “Barca” this season is very weak, as he only played 5 games, during which he scored two orphan goals.
Informed Spanish sources reported that there are initial contacts in this regard between Arsenal and Barcelona, and it is expected that they will turn into serious negotiations during the next week, knowing that there are other English clubs aspiring to include Coutinho, including but not limited to Newcastle under his new Saudi administration. .
And if there is no material agreement between Barcelona and Arsenal on the deal, the Catalans hint that they are at least coveting the use of Coutinho in a swap deal with the Gabonese striker and top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who has become “persona non grata” at the London club.
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