LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur are looking to sign Barcelona's Philippe Coutinho on loan to Bayern Munich, European media reported on Wednesday.
The newspaper "Mundo Deportivo" Spanish on Friday that Coutinho was on the cusp of moving to Tottenham last summer, but the London club retreated at the last minute, noting that the "Spears" re-interested in the signing of Coutinho with the support of Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino, who had previously Trained the Brazilian player in Espanyol.
Coutinho has lost his place in the starting line-up for Bayern Munich in the last three games, which could pave the way for the Brazilian to return to the Premier League.
Tottenham coach Pochettino spoke to Daniel Levy about his anger over Coutinho's failure to sign Coutinho as he called on the club's management to spend the summer in Mercato to rebuild the team.
Coutinho left Liverpool in 2018 for Barcelona, after five successful years at Anfield, but failed to impose himself at the Camp Nou, loaned to Bayern Munich last summer for one season for 8.5 million euros, in addition to a clause in a contract The player allows Bavarian to buy it in the summer for 120 million euros.