By Oladele Emmanuel - According to Diario Sport, Chelsea are set to complete a deal for Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho.
Even with Chelsea close on completing the deal, the £79m price tagged for the 28-year-old seems to be what is causing the delay in getting the deal done as Barcelona is also considering not losing so much money on the player they bought for £142m in January 2018 from Liverpool and has failed to deliver.
Chelsea are looking at reducing Barcelona asking price of £79m for the midfielder.
Coutinho is currently in Bayern Munich until the end of the season, the Bundesliga Giants have revealed that they will not be making use of their option to sign the former Liverpool playmaker who has failed to impress with the German side for £120m.
Even with Chelsea close on completing the deal, the £79m price tagged for the 28-year-old seems to be what is causing the delay in getting the deal done as Barcelona is also considering not losing so much money on the player they bought for £142m in January 2018 from Liverpool and has failed to deliver.
Coutinho is currently in Bayern Munich until the end of the season, the Bundesliga Giants have revealed that they will not be making use of their option to sign the former Liverpool playmaker who has failed to impress with the German side for £120m.
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