Philippe Coutinho’s time at Barcelona has reached its end. For now. He is heading to Birmingham to play for Aston Villa for the next six months. They will have a 40m euro option to buy. In the press conference before the game, Xavi praised the Brazilian for accepting a departure.
“It says a lot about him that he wanted to leave,” said the coach. “He saw that it was hard to get minutes at Barcelona, he wants to succeed and he looked for a solution. He’s a great professional, he lowered his salary.”
However it won’t be enough alone to register Ferran Torres as a first teamer.
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“Ferran has Covid and he was positive again today. Mateu Alemany is working 24 hours a day to sign him up as soon as possible. It depends on the salary limit and an exit somewhere,” added Xavi.