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Report: Arsenal still want Coutinho; and Tottenham bid is not ruled out
Arsenal are still monitoring Philippe Coutinho ahead of the summer transfer window, that Ba📖rcelona believe that Tottenham Hotspur could be amongst the clubs who also join the race.
Coutinho has been every bit as good as Aston Villa fans would have dreamt he would be following his loan move duꦬring the January transfer window.
He has al☂ready scored four goals and contr꧙ibuted three assists for the Villans. Unsurprisingly, thoughts are now turning to the summer and what the long-term future holds for the Brazilian.
that Aston Villa have the option to make his move permanent for ✱£33.5 million. There is a big problem however.
that Coutinho earns £480,000-a-week. Villa pay just under a quarter o💞f that amount. And they would n♍eed the 29-year-old to take a pay-cut to make his move permanent.
That appears to have alert🗹ed some of their Premier League rivals. Sport suggests that Arsenal plan to act should Villa not take up the option to sign Coutinꦜho.
Interestingly, Barca are braced for oth💞ers to come in. They do not rule out Tottenham joining the battle for his signature. West Ham are another seemingly monitoring th💮e situation.
Arsenal and Tottenham must be wary if Aston Villa back away from Coutinho move
Aston Villa can certainly afford to trigger the option to sign Coutinho. The only proble⛦m therefore, is surely going to come from discussions over wages.
Coutinho will surely be open to a compromise. Villa have ဣh✱elped the attacking midfielder start to get his career back on track.
However, he will know that his stock is on the rise 𒀰once again. He has been labelled ‘‘ following his switch. A🍌nd with that, he may feel able to demand a lucrative deal elsewhere.
With Villa already paying £120,000-a-week, they ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚshould be able to offer a♐ pretty good contract. So if Villa back away, Tottenham and Arsenal should surely have some reservations given what he may well be demanding.