Barça ready to keep Coutinho, OM who is targeting Boulaye Dia or David Silva who is returning to Spain: find all the information about the transfer window for this Tuesday, August 18, 2020.
Coutinho could finally stay at Barca
FC Barcelona's attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho has a strange fate. The Brazilian (28) did not win in Catalonia, where he arrived in January 2018 for € 145m. He was loaned to Bayern Munich this season and even scored a double in the humiliation inflicted by the German club on Barça (2-8) in the Champions League quarter-finals. Although undesirable at the club, Coutinho could ultimately be retained and even revived by Barcelona, according to Mundo Deportivo . In the grip of great economic difficulties, Barça would like to make the most of its assets. Hence the hypothesis not to sell off Coutinho, under contract until 2023, during the current transfer window.
Bayern's overwhelming victory against Barça last Saturday (2-8)
Boulaye Dia likes OM, but ...
Olympique de Marseille intends to strengthen in attack by the end of the transfer window. According to La Provence , the Stade de Reims player Boulaye Dia (23) appears on the shelves of the Marseille club, but his transfer promises to be difficult. First, because Rennes and Brighton, Premier League clubs, are also on the lookout. And because the price of Dia, under contract until 2022, would be set at 10M €. An amount deemed too high by OM for a player who scored 7 goals in 24 Ligue 1 matches last season.
Close to Lazio, D. Silva signs for Real Sociedad (official)
This is an unexpected twist in the David Silva case . The Spanish midfielder (34) was at the end of his contract at Manchester City, after 10 good years at the English club. The rumor sending him to Lazio Rome kept growing, and everything seemed almost complete. But on Monday evening, Real Sociedad announced that they had signed David Silva to a contract until June 2022. According to Sky Sports , the transfer was concluded at lightning speed and without Lazio knowing. . The latter would have crossed the throat this mini-series.
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