Posted on January 6, 2022 at 9:30 am by G.d.S.S. Currently in the process of leaving FC Barcelona, Philippe Coutinho could finally join his former team-mate Steven Gerrard for Aston Villa. Especially since the young English coach would have personally contacted him for this purpose … Philippe Coutinho and FC Barcelona, It's almost the end ? The 29-year-old Brazilian attacking midfielder, who has never managed to win since joining the Catalan club in January 2018, looks more close than ever to a return to the Premier League. And despite the interests of Liverpool or even Everton , it is finally Aston Villa which is currently holding the rope to obtain a loan from Coutinho this winter. And all thanks to a certain Steven Gerrard … The coach of Aston Villa , who had rubbed shoulders with Coutinho in the ranks of Liverpool between 2013 and 2015 when he was still captain of the Reds, would have played a major role in this operation. According to Cadena Cope, Gerrard would have personally telephoned the FC Barcelona player to convince him to join him at Aston Villa to revive, succeeding thus a masterstroke on the transfer market. 
Gerrard called Coutinho to convince him
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