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Coutinho, during a party with the Liverpool

IN SPITE OF THE INJURY OF UMTITI

Philippe Coutinho keeps on being the big priority for January

Published:4/12/2017 - 10:58h

Updated:4/12/2017 - 11:01h

The injury of Samuel Umtiti will not change the plans of the sportive direction of the FC Barcelona for the market of signings of winter. The intentions of the club keep on being the same: prioritise to Coutinho in front of other operations

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The injury of Samuel Umtiti is a hard setback for the FC Barcelona. His loss for two months of competition no only supposes not having the defence more in shape of the team, but an alarming fault of effective for the central axis of the saga. However, it treats of a setback that will not change the plans of the technical office.

Some plans that contemplate to close the signing of Philippe Coutinho as only priority. The Brazilian midfield player of the Liverpool keeps on being the player that the members of the sportive direction have between eyebrow and eyebrow in spite of the fault of players in defence that have caused the injuries of Samuel Umtiti and Javier Msscherano.

However, as it publishes Sport in the edition of this Monday, the FC Barcelona follows firm in the decision to centre all the efforts in the incorporation of Coutinho. In spite of that the Brazilian midfield player could not play the Champions League for having it done already with the Liverpool, considers that it is the only reinforcement that does fault.

However, the situation is not very distinct to which in summer avoided that Coutinho finish dressing of Barcelona. Andl Liverpool keeps firm in the idea to ask astronomical figures by his star and will not facilitate in any moment his exit in the market of signings of winter.

What before better

The FC Barcelona will work duramente to be able to 'tie' to Philippe Coutinho so that it incorporate to the orders of Ernesto Valverde this same month of January. In case of not being able to do it because of the requirements of the Liverpool, his signing would postpone to the market of summer.