Transfer news - Mauricio Pochettino calls Philippe Coutinho as Brazilian nears loan move – reports
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ByEurosport
Updated 07/08/2019 at 07:21 GMT
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has reportedly called Barcelona attacker Philippe Coutinho to try and persuade the Brazilian to move to the club on loan.
Philippe Coutinho (FC Barcelona)
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Coutinho, 27, has struggled since joining Barcelona for a fee of €142 million in January 2018.
Following the signing of Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid, Coutinho has slipped down the pecking order and is reportedly being offered out by the Spanish champions.
No club appears to be willing to pay Barcelona’s asking price so instead the Brazilian will be allowed to leave on loan with the Premier League his preferred destination.
Sky Sports News report that Tottenham are the current favourites to land Coutinho and Pochettino has personally called the attacker to convince him to make the move.
Coutinho played under Pochettino at Espanyol during a six-month loan in 2012 where he scored five goals in 16 appearances.
Coutinho is currently in Miami with Barcelona as they continue their pre-season training.
The report comes as Spurs midfielder Christian Eriksen is being linked with a last-minute switch to Manchester United.
There was another big report later on Tuesday night with Gianluca Di Marzio claiming that Spurs had found an agreement with Juventus for Paulo Dybala.
It had been believed that after the collapse of his move to United that Dybala would be staying with Juventus but Di Marzio claims that Spurs have gone back in for the Argentine.
The report does stress that an agreement with the player is still required but it would see the forward move to Spurs for a fee of around €70 million.
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