{"id":17969,"date":"2022-05-12T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T22:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/12\/aston-villa-seal-complete-transfer-of-philippe-coutinho-from-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T22:00:32","slug":"aston-villa-seal-complete-transfer-of-philippe-coutinho-from-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/12\/aston-villa-seal-complete-transfer-of-philippe-coutinho-from-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa seal complete transfer of Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Aston Villa has taken another step in their rebuilding project under Steven Gerrard at Villa Park as the club has sealed a full deal for Brazilian star Philippe Coutinho from Spanish giants Barcelona.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aston Villa is delighted to announce the permanent signing of Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona for an undisclosed fee! ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AVFCOfficial\/status\/1524815057955192836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avfc.co.uk\/news\/2022\/may\/12\/villa-announce-philippe-coutinho-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club announced the deal on their official website earlier today<\/a>, and multiple sources \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelona.com\/en\/football\/first-team\/news\/2613776\/agreement-with-aston-villa-to-transfer-philippe-coutinho?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=fcbarcelona&amp;utm_campaign=f924a8af-a697-4b6d-ae2b-9c0fcb62290a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including Barcelona themselves<\/a> \u2013 have confirmed that Villa will pay \u20ac20million including this season\u2019s wage obligation as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1524557317433438209?s=20&amp;t=CqiS2Ds4zHcJKS9HZJk55Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported by transfer insider Fabrizio Romano<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Villa boss Steven Gerrard could not have been happier at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/aston-villa-agree-philippe-coutinho-deal-well-below-initial-asking-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">securing Coutinho\u2019s services on a full deal<\/a> after the former Liverpool stalwart had a rip-roaring start to life after his January move while remaining a key piece already under the Liverpool legend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a brilliant signing for Aston Villa. Phil is a model professional and his impact on the group has been very clear since he joined in January.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the way he conducts himself on and off the pitch, he\u2019s also a valuable role model for our younger players who can only benefit from his experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we look to build towards next season, it is incredible to work at a club that executes its business so decisively and smoothly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1642072\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1642072\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1642072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1364826819-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Aston Villa seal complete transfer of Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1364826819-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1364826819-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1364826819-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1364826819-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1364826819-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1364826819-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1364826819-910x606.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1642072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND \u2013 JANUARY 15: Philippe Coutinho of Aston Villa celebrates after scoring their side\u2019s second goal during the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Manchester United at Villa Park on January 15, 2022 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Clive Mason\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Coutinho\u2019s four goals and three assists in Villa colors this season all brought immense value during a period where the club needed to get out of the doldrums which led to the sacking of former headmaster Dean Smith, though he has gone on a string of right matches without a single goal contribution.<\/p>\n<p>His inclusion in the first-team was more than just what he brought to the table in terms of goals and assists, as well, with Villa youngster Jacob Ramsey flourishing in his own right since Coutinho arrived in the midlands. With a deal now completed, Villa will undoubtedly look to continue to strengthen the team under Gerrard as they look to re-establish themselves as a top-half outfit and then some.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa has taken another step in their rebuilding project under Steven Gerrard at Villa Park as the club has sealed a full deal for Brazilian star Philippe Coutinho from Spanish giants Barcelona. Aston Villa is delighted to announce the permanent signing of Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona for an undisclosed fee! ? \u2014 Aston Villa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-17969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}