{"id":548924,"date":"2020-04-09T03:31:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T07:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=548924"},"modified":"2020-04-09T03:31:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T07:31:55","slug":"report-manchester-united-ready-to-welcome-philippe-coutinho-but-at-a-discounted-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/04\/09\/report-manchester-united-ready-to-welcome-philippe-coutinho-but-at-a-discounted-price\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Manchester United \u2018Ready to Welcome\u2019 Philippe Coutinho \u2014 but at a Discounted Price"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United<\/a> are “ready to welcome” Barcelona<\/a> flop Philippe Coutinho<\/a>, but at a discounted price, according to Sport via Naveen Ullal\u00a0Sport Witness<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Manchester United \u2018Ready to Welcome\u2019 Philippe Coutinho \u2014 but at a Discounted Price<\/h2>\n

Great for Liverpool, Flop for Barcelona<\/h3>\n

Philippe Coutinho was a fantastic player during his time at Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A classy player in his own right, the Brazilian also scored goals and oozed quality. During the 2016\/17 season, he managed thirteen goals, as well as seven assists, attracting extensive interest<\/a> from Barcelona. Eventually, after much speculation, the move happened. In January 2018, Coutinho made a massive move from Liverpool to Barca, which cost the Catalan giants in the region of \u00a3142 million. But he did not live up to the price in Spain.<\/p>\n

Slightly better in his first season, Coutinho was a flop during his second. Managing just five goals from thirty-four appearances in La Liga<\/a>, Coutinho did not impress his new club.<\/p>\n

They were looking for someone to take him off their hands, and Bayern Munich<\/a> came in with an offer to bring him to Germany on loan. He has not been particularly impressive there either.<\/p>\n

Barcelona will see the Brazilian return to Spain at the end of the season and are looking for potential suitors, with many English sides interested.<\/p>\n

Manchester United Want World-Class Players<\/h3>\n

United are looking into many players of world-class stature, with some more likely to join than others. While there will be many clubs fighting over the 27-year-old, Manchester United stand a good chance of signing him if they want to, but with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer<\/a> looking for talent in young players, he will not be at the top of their list.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, as Barcelona are looking to sell him for roughly \u20ac90 million, he would cost a large sum. The Red Devils would be ready to welcome him for a discount price of \u20ac65 million, but there are better uses of their money elsewhere, with the likes of Jude Bellingham<\/a> and Jadon Sancho<\/a> waiting in the wings<\/a> for a United move.<\/p>\n

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