According to the Catalan newspaper, Tottenham want to sign Coutinho, 29, and Barcelona knows this, as well as his agent Kia Joorabchian.
Barcelona don’t want to stop playing on the cheap, they will accept a good offer only to get rid of their estimated £328,000-a-week salary, and of course Coutinho would be willing to take a pay cut to be able to move. To Tottenham, where he will have more time to play than at Camp Nou.
Harry Kane wants to leave Tottenham Hotspur and this is no longer a secret, but the Catalan newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” determines one of the players who will sign with Tottenham if the Premier League top scorer leaves.
According to the newspaper, Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho will be Tottenham’s target if Kane, who is expected to move to Premier League champions Manchester City, is sold.
Kane’s crisis with his current club reached its climax in recent days, as he decided not to attend training sessions, as of Monday, the scheduled date for his attendance after the end of the European Cup “Euro 2020”.
The striker, who led the scorers and top scorers last season, believes he has a verbal agreement with the management to leave at the end of the season, which the Spurs management does not seem intending to comply with, at least until the end of the season. City of Manchester. Pay the number that tempts them.
And the selling price is about 150 million pounds, in a deal that will be the most expensive in the history of the Premier League if it is implemented, but “Mundo” is already talking about how to exploit this money in advance.
Although Coutinho showed a remarkable level during his time with Liverpool before joining Barcelona in January 2018, such a deal is not expected to please Tottenham fans, mainly due to his apparent decline with Barcelona, and secondly because he will not replace Harry Kane. . directly. . .