
Philippe Coutinho has given Barcelona the green light to begin negotiations with Liverpool. This comes after a lot of speculation regarding his future. After he signed a new deal with Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp openly refuted claims that he would move to the Camp Nou, it seemed that the transfer was impossible. But this is a strange turn of events.
with Spanish news outlet SPORT claiming that the Brazilian is ready to put pressure on Liverpool to let him go. He feels that he needs to move on to a bigger sporting project to propel his career to a new level.
It seems that these talks succeeded and Coutinho agreed. He also rejected a huge wage package from Paris-Saint Germain in order to don a Barca shirt.
Liverpool’s reported valuation of £76 million would already stand in Barcelona’s way, as it would make Coutinho the fourth-most expensive player in the world, he is being bandied about as the bounty for his services with Barcelona seeing the midfielder as the perfect replacement for the departing Andres Iniesta.