Since Philippe Coutinho signed for FC Barcelona from English Liverpool, The Brazilian player has not been able to shine in the Blaugrana entity
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When the Brazilian Philippe Coutinho signed for FC Barcelona in January 1200 , the arrival of a player who would be the new star of the Camp Nou was presumed; however, multiple factors have prevented expectations from being met. This is how in the season 2019 – 2020 was loaned to Bayern Munich , where he played at a high level and reached the UEFA Champions League.
After the loan, and back at FC Barcelona, the Dutch coach Ronald Koeman gave minutes to the skilled Brazilian within the eleventh blaugrana. Despite a good start to the season 2020 – 21, Philippe was injured in the last Barça game in 2020 against Eibar, so that he has not been able to return to the courts in this 2021.
Rumors about second operation
Although the skilled player of 28 years he was operated on the external meniscus of the knee right on January 2, nothing is publicly known about his recovery yet. And it is that from the Blaugrana entity they have not dared to estimate when the Brazilian could return to the courts.
When he was injured, it was estimated that he would be available at the beginning of the month of April; However, that date seems unlikely.
The latest rumor about Coutinho is that the midfielder has returned to the operating room due to a damaged cyst in the same knee that was causing him an effusion of synovial fluid and, consequently, a swelling; However, the Barça club did not issue any statement, nor did it deny the information from TV3 of Spain.
Liverpool could earn a bonus of $ 23. 6 million dollars
According to the agreement between Liverpool and Barcelona, which says that if Coutinho reaches 100 matches at Barça the English entity should receive an approximate of $ 23. $ 6 million as a bonus .
To make the bonus effective, the Brazilian only needs available utar 10 more matches ; however, according to speculation, it is possible that Coutinho will not reach that many games in the season 2020 – 23. For now, there is speculation about a possible transfer or sale to Arsenal in the next transfer period.
