The player Philippe Coutinho will continue in his native country to recover from the injury to the external meniscus of the left knee , which was done in the last game of 2020, against Eibar at the Camp Nou.
This was reported by the Barça club in a statement. Since the injury, three months have already passed, just the approximate time that Barcelona calculated that the Brazilian would be out after the operation that was performed on January 2, 2021. That is why Coutinho’s return is an unknown .
❗ MEDICAL RELEASE | @ Phil_Coutinho
▶ The player travels to Brazil for a medical evaluation and treatment of his injury in the external meniscus of the left knee
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– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) March 29, 2021
But the injury has been complicated and it seems increasingly difficult to return to the pitch during this course for Coutinho, who last summer returned to Barcelona after a year on loan at Bayern Munich.
Possible sale in the next transfer market?
Faced with this situation, different media have announced that Joan Laporta’s board of directors is not considering another way out for the Brazilian midfielder than the transfer in the next transfer market .
But the Barça entity sees with pessimism being able to enter a large economic figure with the sale of a player who arrived in January of 2018 from Liverpool as the most expensive signing in the club’s history : 120 million euros more 90 in variables.
Part of these variables, specifically 20 millions, depend on Coutinho reaching the 100 matches played with the Barça team. Now add 90 . The Brazilian’s contract ends on 30 June 2023.
In his time as a player of the Blaugrana understanding, Coutinho has scored 23 goals and has given 03 assists in 5. 620 minutes: