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Philippe Coutinho in a party of the Barça

NO ONLY IT WAS THE PRICE

The Mirror reveal another clause between the Barcelona and the Liverpool by the signing of Coutinho

Published:20/03/2021 - 13:02h

Updated:20/03/2021 - 13:02h

The signing of Coutinho cost him to the Barcelona 160 million euros, although no only required disburse the referred figure, but a particular agreement with the club

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The Barcelona agreed to starts of the January of the 2018 with the Liverpool the signing of the Brazilian midfield player, Philippe Coutinho. However, the addition of the young to the staff of the culés has not covered the expectations that had to the moment to make the operation, even there is those who ensure that it is the worst signing of the history.

The 160 million euros that paid in his moment the Catalan square so that the Brazilian footballer went out of the combined of the "reds" seems that they will not be recovered by the club, so much in the economic appearance as in the sportive subject.

Nevertheless, they have arrived to know new details on said signing, including the small letter of what has been one of the most expensive operations of the history of the Barcelona, that lives another chapter now in England, where the half English The Mirror gave to know one of the clauses that went further of the attainments obtained by the Brazilian midfield in the sportive.

According to this information, the sportive director of the combined English, Michael Edwards, had forced to the Barça to sign like part of the agreement for fichar to Coutinho a luck of "treaty of no aggression" in matter of signings with the Liverpool until 2021 to avoid new shopping, after the ones of Javier Mascherano or Luis Suárez.

It can not forget that the past summer, the combined blaugrana was near to hire to the Dutch midfield player Georginio Wijnaldum, the one who is member of the Liverpool and enjoys of the charm of Ronald Koeman, although finally said management could not complete. The mediocentro, that finish agreement the next month of June, is one of the names that follows sounding with strength to renew the team chaired by Joan Laporta.

Bad investment?

At present, the Brazilian has contested 90 parties with the Barcelona. Of this figure, the Catalan entity does not add the meetings that played for the Bayern when it found in the club in quality of yielded. During the current season, Coutinho has had a total of 14 apparitions, but the injuries have kept it out of the parties and trainings. It is by this that Koeman has opted for giving prominence him to other players like Pedri.

Half British also revealed that the Barça had to disburse a mount determined according to the quantity of parties contested and the attainments obtained. The referred agreement, established that play 25 meetings would suppose the payment of 5 million euros, 20 millions by one hundred parties, 10 millions more by the classification to the Champions in his first two years and 5 millions more for winning the referred competition. In total, the variables elevated to the 15 million euros.

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