Barcelona striker Coutinho joins Aston Villa

Barcelona striker Philippe Coutinho has been loaned to Aston Villa until the end of this season, after which Aston Villa will be able to use the option to buy.

Aston Villa will partially pay the 29-year-old’s salary. In the next few hours he will go to Birmingham.

This season Coutinho played 16 games with Barcelona and scored two goals.

According to the Transfermarkt portal, the Brazilian striker has a market value of 18 million euros.

Earlier it was reported that Alvaro Morata had agreed to a personal contract with Barcelona, on loan at Turin, “Atletico”, on loan at “Juventus”.