Everton have been offered the chance to sign former Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho as Barcelona look to get rid of their £146m flop…
- Everton have been offered the opportunity to sign Filipe Coutinho of Barcelona
- The former Liverpool midfielder raised £146m in January 2018. moved to Barcelona
- But the switch to Spain didn’t work out and Barcelona are keen to pursue him
- Rafa Benitez has a distinctive profile of player to reshape Everton’s squad
Everton have been given the opportunity to sign Philippe Coutinho as in the transfer window Brazil The playmaker wants to revive his career.
Former Liverpool midfielder gone barcelona For £146million in January 2018 But Switch Spain Coutinho’s vision never worked out and he was loaned to Bayern Munich for a year in 2019 before returning to Camp Nou.
Barcelona are keen to pursue him and his representatives have spoken to Everton about the possibility of moving to Goodison Park this month but it remains to be seen whether Rafa Benitez will pursue the deal.
Everton offered opportunity to sign Philippe Coutinho in January window
Toffees boss Rafa Benitez has a distinctive profile of player to reshape Everton’s squad
Everton are on the verge of confirming a deal to sign for Ukraine, with Dynamo Kyiv dropping Vitaly Mykolenko and Benitez also wanting Nathan Patterson from Glasgow Rangers, after missing a Scotland international in August.
Benitez, whose side faces Brighton on Sunday, has a distinctive profile of players looking to reshape Everton’s squad. He wants the hungry person to make things competitive and is confident that he will achieve his desired goal before the deadline.
He said: ‘My view, the board agrees with this principle, we bring in players who want to be here, especially in January when it is a tough window. Second is that they are the kind of players who will help the team, give us something different.
Coutinho left Liverpool for Barcelona in January 2018 for £146m but the switch never worked
“We are looking for players who will come and they will give us something directly. Sometimes you can’t, then you can talk about foreign players because you have to fix a gap in the team but you can bring in players who have some experience in the Premier League.
They can perform straight from day one and that is much better. You try to sign what you want but sometimes you can only do what you can. It is not clear and easy with the transfer window in January as there are so many players playing in the Champions League or Europe.
‘They don’t want to move, you have COVID-19 and there isn’t much money around. I have a lot of agents naming me, or naming us. Everything is there to move forward but for me it is just like focusing on the game.
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