On January 7, Beijing time, Barca and Aston Villa both announced that Coutinho joined Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season! Gerald and Coutinho will join forces again at Aston Villa!
The 29-year-old Coutinho has played in the Premier League for five seasons, and in January 2013, Liverpool brought in Coutinho from Inter Milan for 13 million euros, and Coutinho switched to the 201 times in all competitions in all competitions, scoring 54 goals and giving 46 assists! It peaked in the 16-17 season, making 36 appearances for the team in all competitions, scoring 14 goals and delivering 9 assists, both of which were the highest goals and assists before Liverpool!
In January 2018, Barcelona introduced Coutinho for 136 million euros, with a penalty of up to 400 million euros! But after joining Barca, Coutinho was affected by injuries and played poorly, playing for the team for 1 and a half years, playing 76 times for the team in all competitions, scoring 20 goals, giving 13 assists, and then being loaned to Bayern for a season, with a good play, but Bayern is rich in frontcourt, Barca hopes that Bayern can buy out Coutinho, and Bayern only wants to be on loan, plus Koeman is very important to Coutinho, Coutinho returned to the team in August 2020!
Injuries have once again become a problem for Coutinho, who now holds Barca's highest salary, but has been abandoned by Xavi, preferring to choose a young player rather than use Coutinho! Coutinho's departure on loan is a plus for both Coutinho and Barca!
Coutinho and Gerrard have been teammates at Liverpool, and now the two are teaming up again at Aston Villa, looking forward to Coutinho's good performance under Gerrard!