{"id":738991,"date":"2022-01-07T11:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T11:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/07\/philippe-coutinho-reunites-with-steven-gerrard-after-joining-aston-villa-on-loan-from-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2022-01-07T11:05:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T11:05:04","slug":"philippe-coutinho-reunites-with-steven-gerrard-after-joining-aston-villa-on-loan-from-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/07\/philippe-coutinho-reunites-with-steven-gerrard-after-joining-aston-villa-on-loan-from-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippe Coutinho reunites with Steven Gerrard after joining Aston Villa on loan from Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/a3e06323-95de-567b-ace2-b4e6f5c55d3c&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x0&#038;resize=4700x2640.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<p>London &#8211; Philippe Coutinho is joining Aston Villa on loan for the rest of the season from Barcelona, the Premier League club announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old Brazil international moved to the Nou Camp from Liverpool in 2018 in a \u00a3142 million deal but struggled to establish himself and spent the 2019\/20 season on loan at Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>He won the Champions League with the German club, who beat Barcelona in the quarter-finals of that season&#8217;s competition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I don&#039;t think you get a nickname as a \ud835\udde0\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb if you&#039;re not a special footballer.&quot; \u2728<\/p>\n<p>Steven Gerrard on Philippe Coutinho, who has agreed terms to spend the rest of this season on loan at Villa Park, with an option to buy. \ud83e\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BFbxhGLxkR\">pic.twitter.com\/BFbxhGLxkR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AVFCOfficial\/status\/1479398986557661187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The attacking midfielder will link up in Birmingham with Villa boss Steven Gerrard, with whom he played at Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aston Villa and FC Barcelona have agreed terms for Philippe Coutinho to spend the rest of this season on loan at Villa Park,&#8221; Villa said in a brief statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The agreement, which is subject to the player completing a medical and receiving a work permit, also includes an option to buy and Philippe will travel to Birmingham in the next 48 hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Villa are 13th in the Premier League after three defeats in four games following a bright start under Gerrard, who took over at Villa Park in November.<\/p>\n<p>Gerrard on Thursday described his former Liverpool teammate as a &#8220;special footballer&#8221; while refusing to comment on speculation linking him with a move to Villa.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona said in a statement that Coutinho, who made 106 appearances for the club, was expected to travel to Birmingham in the next few hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-5c6a957fd0a1e72988e535813ba65a4c\">AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London &#8211; Philippe Coutinho is joining Aston Villa on loan for the rest of the season from Barcelona, the Premier League club announced on Friday. 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