Liverpool forces Barcelona to end Coutinho's season early
The British "Mirror" newspaper revealed today that Barcelona will not rely on Brazilian Philippe Coutinho for the remainder of the current season.
Although the Brazilian star, who is currently recovering from injury, will be ready to play next March, according to the newspaper and through reports in the Catalan media, club officials and in agreement with the technical staff have reached that Coutinho's return to play again will be very harmful to the financial side of the club. Only 10 matches separate Coutinho from activating a clause in his contract allowing Liverpool FC to get the last reward of up to 5 million euros, which is the remainder in his contract of 160 million euros.
Barcelona had contracted with Coutinho with 140 million euros + 20 million variants, including a reward of 5 million euros in the event that he finished 100 games with Barcelona, and he has played 90 games so far and scored 24 goals in all competitions.
The Catalan club is under pressure from accumulating debts exceeding one billion euros, including total installments of 130 million euros for 19 clubs, including Liverpool (30 million euros).
He does not want to add a new debt to it, especially in light of the financial difficulties that make the club closer than ever before to officially declare bankruptcy.
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