Barcelona’s Coutinho joins Bayern Munich on loan
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Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho has joined Bayern Munich on a one-year
loan worth 8.5 million euros ($9.5 million) with an option to buy, the
Spanish club confirmed Monday.
“The agreement provides for an option for Bayern to buy at a 120-million-euro fee,” Barcelona said.
The 27-year-old Brazilian joined Barcelona from Liverpool in January
2018 for an initial 120 million euros in a deal that included another 40
million euros in potential add-ons.
But the international midfielder’s stint at Barcelona never worked out
as hoped despite huge excitement around his arrival at the Camp Nou.
Initially tried in midfield where he plays for Brazil, Coutinho was
pushed into the front three by Ernesto Valverde last season but the
switch never paid off.
“For me, this move means a new challenge in a new country with one of
the best clubs in Europe,” Coutinho said on Bayern’s website.
“I’m very much looking forward to that. Like FC Bayern, I have big
ambitions and I’m convinced that I can achieve them together with my new
teammates.”
The German club hopes he will provide reinforcement in attack
following the departure of veteran duo Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery at
the end of last season.
“With his creativity and outstanding skills, Philippe is a player who
will immediately strengthen our attack,” Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge said.
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