How much Aston Villa will have to pay Barcelona for Coutinho to sign permanently

Aston Villa and Barcelona agreed an option to buy in Philippe Coutinho’s January loan move, it emerged on Wednesday night.

The Brazilian continues to sparkle back in the Premier League under new manager Steven Gerrard. Coming on for his debut against Manchester United last month, Coutinho provided a goal and an assist in the dying stages to help his side to rescue a draw from the jaws of defeat.

And, while his side managed to watch victory slip away from them at home to Leeds United in their most recent Premier League fixture, it was once again the former Liverpool man that took the headlines.

🇧🇷 Philippe Coutinho is the sixth @AVFCOfficial player to score in each of his first two #PL Villa Park appearances

👏 He’s the first player to do so since Carlton Cole (August 2004)#AVLLEE pic.twitter.com/WY983mUdco

— Premier League (@premierleague) February 10, 2022

A goal and two assists put his side in the driving seat come the 45th minute, only for a stoppage-time Dan James header to reduce the deficit to just a single goal. Despite the draw, it was Coutinho and Jacob Ramsay that took the plaudits.

‘If you don’t like watching Philippe Coutinho then you should stop watching football because that (performance) was absolutely beautiful’, manager Steven Gerrard told BT Sport after the game.

But what about it Villa want to make a loan move permanent?

40 million euro fee set

Well, as per the reliable Fabrizio Romano, they will have to fork over 40 million euros for that privilege. For someone who will be 30 years old come the start of next season, there will surely be question marks as to whether this would be a good allocation of funds. But, should he continue to perform, it will be hard to say no.

Steven Gerrard, loving Coutinho: “If you don’t like watching Philippe Coutinho then you should stop watching football because that (performance) was absolutely beautiful”. ⭐️🇧🇷 #AVFC @villareport

…and there’s a buy option available for €40m in June. pic.twitter.com/wXYIjRbtdl

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 9, 2022

The deal, of course, represents a massive loss for Barcelona, who brought him to the Camp Nou for 140 million pounds from Liverpool and are now looking to recoup anything they can.

Whether they will or not is a different matter.

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City	23	41	57
2	Liverpool FC	22	39	48
3	Chelsea FC	24	30	47
4	West Ham United	24	11	40
5	Manchester United	23	6	39
6	Arsenal FC	21	8	36
7	Tottenham Hotspur	20	2	36
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	3	34
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	0	30
10	Leicester City	20	-3	26
11	Aston Villa	21	-4	26
12	Southampton FC	22	-8	25
13	Crystal Palace	22	-3	24
14	Brentford FC	23	-12	23
15	Leeds United	21	-16	22
16	Everton FC	21	-13	19
17	Newcastle United	22	-20	18
18	Norwich City	22	-32	16
19	Watford FC	22	-18	15
20	Burnley FC	20	-11	14

Player	Team	Goals
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	16
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	10
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	9
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City	9
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	8
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	8
Smith-Rowe, Emile	Arsenal FC	8
Raphinha	Leeds United	8
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	8
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	7
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	7
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City	7
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	7
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City	7
Maupay, Neal	Brighton & Hove Albion	7
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City	7
Silva, Bernardo	Manchester City	7
Ward Prowse, James	Southampton FC	6

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	7
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	6
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	7
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United	0	6
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	6
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	6
Rice, Declan	West Ham United	0	6
Westwood, Ashley	Burnley FC	0	6
Alonso, Marcos	Chelsea FC	0	6
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	6
Norgaard, Christian	Brentford FC	0	6
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	6
Laporte, Aymeric	Manchester City	1	5
Mings, Tyrone	Aston Villa	0	6
Llorente, Diego	Leeds United	0	6
Cash, Matty	Aston Villa	0	6
Romeu, Oriol	Southampton FC	0	6
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	6
Ward, Joel	Crystal Palace	0	6
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	6

Player	Team	Assists
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	10
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	9
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	8
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	7
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester City	7
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	7
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	6
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester City	6
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	5
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	5
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	5
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	5
Kovacic, Mateo	Chelsea FC	5
Redmond, Nathan	Southampton FC	5
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City	4
Ward Prowse, James	Southampton FC	4
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	4
Benrahma, Said	West Ham United	4
Doucoure, Abdoulaye	Everton FC	4
Moura, Lucas	Tottenham Hotspur	4