Philippe Coutinho was the royal transfer of FC Bayern Munich in the summer. Now the Brazilian is said to be available at a bargain price.
- Philippe Coutinho is still on loan from FC Barcelona until summer.
- It is unclear whether the 27-year-old will stay at Bayern Munich .
- Barcelona has pretty much cut the price for the Brazilian.
Munich - In Barcelona these days there seems to be little or no interest in Philippe Coutinho (27) returning home. In the Spanish coastal city they are so keen to cash in on the most expensive purchase in the club's history (160 million euros) that they now want to sell it to the Bavarians at a bargain price . As a reminder: The purchase option for the loan was initially 120 million euros , but according to the Daily Express , Barcelona is said to have now reduced it to 80 million . Coutinho on sale! Are the Bavarians striking now?
At Säbener Straße, the trend is currently strongly towards: no! Not only that the Brazilian has not yet struck with seven goals and eight assists after 27 appearances - the Bavarians would prefer to loot their time deposit account for dream player Kai Havertz *. The future of a Coutinho also hangs on the jewel of Leverkusen, for which there seems to be no place for his former employer on Merseyside. Recently - depending on the success of a Havertz transfer - there was talk of a possible return campaign from Liverpool, but according to the latest statements by her boss, this should also have been shattered.
A lot has changed in Liverpool since Coutinho's departure
For example, Peter Moore used an interview with the English Daily Mirror to justify the club's recent successes on Anfield with the departure of Coutinhos. To put it plainly: Had Coutinho not gone two years ago, Liverpool would not have won the Champions League . "A lot has changed since Coutinho left, not just within the team structure, but also in the way we play football," said Moore. “If you remember the time when he changed, our style of play changed completely. This shows that we lost only one game during the rest of the season. ”But of course he did not want to“ disparage ”Coutinho with this, the managing director of the Reds continued.
Does Philippe Coutinho have a future at Bayern?
Statements that do not seem to matter to the technician at FC Bayern * s service. He also toying not a return to the Premier League, as he hinted in an interview with the magazine Sports Illustrated at the moment. "I don't look back at my time at Liverpool. I decided to take a different path, ”explained Coutinho, who only had“ the fulfillment of his dreams ”in mind. His statements sound different in relation to FC Bayern , where he apparently feels at home. "My family and I are very happy here," he says. The only question is: Are Bayern happy with him too?
José Carlos Menzel López
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