Philippe Coutinho signed on mortgage by Aston Villa, reunites with former captain Steven Gerrard

Philippe Countinho might be reunited with former captain Steven Gerrard, with the pair enjoying collectively at Liverpool from 2013-15. Gerrard, who’s now head coach of Aston Villa, mentioned that the crew is signing a “special player”. Coutinho might be reunited with former captain Steven Gerrard. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSGerrard and Coutinho performed collectively at Anfield from 2013-15Gerrard heaped reward on Coutinho on ThursdayCoutinho joined Barcelona in January 2018 for about 142 million kilos from LiverpoolAston Villa have signed Brazilian worldwide Philippe Coutinho on a mortgage deal till the top of the season from Barcelona, the Premier League membership mentioned on Friday.

He might be reunited with former captain Steven Gerrard, with the pair enjoying collectively at Anfield from 2013-15 and Gerrard now managing Villa.Coutinho, who has gained two league trophies and two Copa del Rey titles with Barcelona, has performed 16 instances for the membership this season in all competitions and scored two objectives.The 29-year-old beforehand spent six years within the Premier League enjoying for Liverpool, the place he revamped 200 appearances and scored 54 objectives.Gerrard heaped reward on Coutinho on Thursday.”If you go and have a look at his Wiki page you’ll see a serial winner wherever he goes. He’s won 63 caps for Brazil, played for Barcelona and was incredible at Liverpool,” Gerrard mentioned.”I don’t think you get a nickname of ‘The Magician’ if you’re not a special footballer.”The settlement, topic to a medical and a piece allow being granted, consists of the choice to make the switch everlasting, Villa mentioned.Coutinho joined Barcelona in January 2018 for about 142 million kilos ($192 million) however has not been in a position to set up himself within the first crew at Camp Nou and he spent the 2019-20 season on mortgage at Bayern Munich.He scored 26 objectives in 106 appearances for Barcelona and has 18 months left on his contract, which expires on the finish of the 2022-21 season.Villa are thirteenth within the Premier League standings and return to motion on Jan. 15 after they host Manchester United.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.