BARCELONA – Barcelona is studying the feasibility of handing over Philippe Coutinho during the winter market opening on January 1, whose final decision, in the event of finding a club interested in his purchase, should be left to the winning candidate of the election which will take place on the 24th of the first month of 2021. The news, brought forward by the newspaper ARA, was confirmed to ESPN by various sources, with some of the pre-candidates in the election process knowing the intentions of the manager-led from Carles Tusquets.
Signed in January 2018 at Liverpool for 145 million euros (including the fixed price plus the variables that the Barça club has already had to pay, which can go up to 160), Coutinho will maintain a contract with Barça until June 2023, for some budgetary purposes a transfer must be estimated at at least 60 million in order to avoid losses being recognized … But economically, the operation would have an immediate positive effect given the significant savings it would bring to the salary, above the gross 24 million, which it has annually the Brazilian.
Tusquets, who warned about Barcelona’s “problematic” economic situation a week after taking office and made it clear that only “if sold, it can be bought in the transfer window”. The manager she heads does not have the power to make executive decisions by statute and while the situation is similar to what happened in 2015, when Barça signed Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal under the command of interim president Ramon Adell, were these operations they did with the consent of the then candidates and also on the condition that the president who won the elections could cancel the operation. Which ultimately did not happen with Bartomeu’s victory.
Now it would be the winning candidate in the January 24 elections to officially carry out Coutinho’s operation, and any others that could arise, once he takes command of the club. The decision must in any case have the final approval of Ronald Koeman.
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Back at the start of this season after his assignment at Bayern Munich, the Brazilian started the season with the label of essential in the plans of the Dutch coach and with a more than acceptable performance, which was nipped in the bud after his injury during the Classic. became. to Real Madrid and whose sensations he did not get.
After spending three weeks on leave, his return to the team fell short of expectations and both the rise of Pedri, who surprised the most optimistic people, and the club’s economic needs have put Coutinho back on the podium, given a possible transfer as one of the most feasible solutions in this difficult financial situation of the Barça entity.