6th January, 2018
Barcelona will sign Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho in a £142m deal, one of the most expensive transfers of all time.
The Reds are expected to receive £105m up front – a British record – for the 25-year-old Brazil international, with the rest in realistic add-ons.
Sccording to BBC, the playmaker will sign a five-and-half year deal at the Nou Camp and will have a buyout clause of 400m euros (£355m).
He joined Liverpool from Inter Milan for £8.5m in January 2013,
The final deal will be eclipsed only by the £200m Paris St-Germain paid Barcelona for Neymar last summer, and the £165.7m Kylian Mbappe will cost PSG at the end of his initial loan spell from Monaco.
Coutinho stayed behind on Merseyside while final negotiations were concluded as his Liverpool team-mates flew to Dubai for a mid-season break.
“In the next hours we will inform you of the details of the player’s arrival and presentation,” the Spanish club said in a statement.