Barcelona believe Liverpool, Man Utd or Chelsea will buy Philippe Coutinho if Bayern do notThe Brazilian is enjoying his time in Germany following a troublesome 18 months in Catalonia, and Barcelona are already making plans for his permanent departure. According to Spanish outlet AS, Barcelona are confident that a Premier League club will spare their blushes if Bayern Munich refuse to exercise their £104million option to buy. The German claimed the Reds opted against re-signing him because they do not have the kind of money Barcelona will demand. "I like Phil, I think he's a fantastic footballer and all that stuff, but it would be a big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big-money signing and it's not our year for that. Liverpool opted against re-signing Coutinho from Barcelona before he joined Bayern Munich

Source: Express October 16, 2019 07:52 UTC