Barcelona has confirmed the exit of Philippe Coutinho on a loan deal to Bayern Munich for the 2019/2020 league season.
It is revealed that Bayern Munich will pay €8.5 million and
the Brazil playmaker’s wages, and that the agreement also includes an option to
buy for the Bundesliga champions fixed at €120m.
“FC Barcelona would like to publicly
thank Philippe Coutinho for his commitment and dedication (and) wishes him all
the best in this new stage of his career.”
Philippe Coutinho joined Barcelona from Liverpool in the
January 2018 transfer window and has
since struggled to reproduce the kind of form he showed for the Reds.
Philippe Coutinho
has so far scored 21 goals in 75 games in all competitions for Barcelona and
produced 11 assists.
Philippe Coutinho said: “For me,
this move means a new challenge in a new country with one of the best clubs in
Europe.
“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 team-mates.”
Bayern chief executive
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: “We’ve been working on bringing in Philippe
Coutinho for quite some time and we’re very happy that we’ve been able to
complete this transfer.
“Our thanks go to FC Barcelona
for agreeing to the transfer. With his creativity and outstanding skills,
Philippe is a player who will immediately strengthen our attack.”
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