Barcelona Makes a Bold Move for Liverpool's Coveted Midfield Target

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Liverpool have been linked with a move for Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho in the January transfer window. The Brazilian playmaker has been put up for sale by the Spanish club, although their asking price is reportedly too high for Liverpool. However, if Barca were to come down from their asking price then interest from other clubs could increase significantly. At present, there are no signs of any movement on either front – but stay tuned!

Barcelona has offered to double Philippe Coutinho’s salary if he agrees to join Liverpool in January.

Barcelona has offered to double Philippe Coutinho’s salary if he agrees to join Liverpool in January.
The Spanish club have offered him a deal worth £10m per season for three years, which is more than double the £4.5m he earns at Anfield.
This would also give Coutinho an extra year on his contract, which runs out in 2022 and could allow him to join Real Madrid or another European superpower next summer without having his wages cut by half again due to Financial Fair Play rules.

Liverpool are refusing to sell Coutinho and will only consider offers of £150m or above. The club are also unwilling to loan him out in January, as they want him around the first-team squad in case their top scorer Mo Salah is injured.

Coutinho is desperate to leave Anfield in January and has told his agent that he won’t sign a new contract at Liverpool. Barcelona have offered him the chance to join Lionel Messi at the Nou Camp, but they are yet to make an official approach.

According to a report in Spain, the Catalan club has offered the Brazilian playmaker a total of

According to a report in Spain, the Catalan club has offered the Brazilian playmaker a total of €120 million euros (about $135 million) and are willing to pay Coutinho’s wages for the rest of the season plus another €30m. This would bring the total cost of signing Coutinho to €150m, which Barcelona are willing to pay if Liverpool accept their offer.

Coutinho has played an important role in Liverpool’s rise this season, with the club sitting third in the Premier League and through to the last 16 of the Champions League. He has scored seven goals for Liverpool this season and is widely considered one of their best players.

Coutinho has been a long-term target for Barcelona, who first made an approach for the Brazilian in the summer of 2017. Liverpool rejected that offer and held firm during the January transfer window this year, when they also turned down bids from Barca. Coutinho has played an important role in Liverpool’s rise this season, with the club sitting third in the Premier League and through to the last 16 of the Champions League. He has scored seven goals for Liverpool this season and is widely considered one of their best players.

Barcelona is willing to pay Coutinho’s wages for the rest of the season plus a further

Barcelona are willing to pay Coutinho’s wages for the rest of the season plus a further £200,000 in add-ons.

Coutinho has a year left on his contract at Liverpool and has asked for an extension from Jurgen Klopp. However, the German is adamant that he will not sign an extension until after this summer’s World Cup in Russia where he wants his players available as they fight for glory on home soil.

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The 25-year-old has been a key player for Klopp this season, scoring 13 goals in all competitions and providing 11 assists. However, he has been linked with Barcelona and PSG. The Catalan giants are said to be looking for a midfielder who can operate in either a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 formation as they do not want to play with just one holding midfielder.

Liverpool rejected a bid from Barcelona for the Brazilian earlier in the month and have been reluctant to sell their star man. But they could be forced into doing so if they want to avoid losing him for free at the end of this season. The Reds are keen on signing Nabil Fekir from Lyon as a replacement for Coutinho but will not pay more than £70m.

If Coutinho does decide to leave Anfield in the summer, Barca would be entitled to up to

If Coutinho does decide to leave Anfield in the summer, Barca would be entitled to up to £120 million for him. The Catalan club are said to be preparing a world-record bid of around £108m for the 25-year-old Brazilian playmaker who signed from Inter Milan in January 2013.

Coutinho has two years left on his contract at Liverpool but will be able to negotiate an extension with manager Jurgen Klopp as long as he doesn’t play in another country next season, which may not happen if they qualify for Champions League football again this season and he gets back into form after being out injured since October last year with an ankle injury sustained against Leicester City when he was substituted after 70 minutes on December 1st during their 5-1 defeat at home where Roberto Firmino scored four goals including netting twice within five minutes!

Coutinho has only played three games since returning from his injury but was back in action for Liverpool as they beat Cardiff 3-2 at home on Sunday. The Brazilian playmaker has not featured for Brazil since November 2017, when he scored twice against Ecuador in a 2-0 win in London.

However, the player still has a year left on his current contract and has reportedly asked for an extension from Jurgen Klopp.

However, the player still has a year left on his current contract and has reportedly asked for an extension from Jurgen Klopp. Klopp is not happy with Coutinho’s behavior, which he believes is causing problems in the dressing room. The Brazilian midfielder has missed training sessions and games due to injury or being ill. Coutinho wants to stay at Liverpool but there’s no guarantee that will happen as long as Klopp isn’t satisfied with how things are going during negotiations over extending his contract until 2022 when it expires next summer.

It is believed that the Liverpool manager has already decided to sell Coutinho if he doesn’t agree to an extension, which would mean there’s very little chance of him staying at Anfield. Klopp has also said he will not let his star player leave for less than £100m.

Takeaway:

Barcelona have offered to double Philippe Coutinho’s salary if he agrees to join Liverpool in January. According to a report in Spain, the Catalan club have offered the Brazilian playmaker a total of €9 million per season if he decides on the move from Anfield. That would mean that Coutinho would earn around £180,000-per-week at Camp Nou—a huge step up from his current £160k-per-week deal at Anfield with Jurgen Klopp’s side.

The report in Spain also claims that Barcelona have told the 25-year-old that he will be a key part of Ernesto Valverde’s plans next season and they are keen to get a deal done before the end of January. The La Liga leaders are also said to have made an offer for Coutinho’s Liverpool teammate, Ousmane Dembele.

But reports from Barcelona claim that the French winger is not interested in making the move to Spain, despite interest from his club. The 20-year-old has struggled with injuries during his first season at Liverpool but still managed to score five goals and provide six assists in 18 appearances for Klopp’s side this term. He has just under two years remaining on his current contract at Anfield and manager Jurgen Klopp insists there will be no more incomings or outgoings in January.

Conclusion

Despite their offer, Barca are not the only club in Lionel Messi’s sights. The Catalan giants will face competition from Real Madrid and Manchester United if the player decides to leave Anfield this summer.

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