According to a recent update courtesy of Football Insider, the door has opened for Tottenham to potentially sign Barcelona playmaker Philippe Coutinho on a season-long loan deal or permanently at a ‘significantly reduced‘ price.
Coutinho, who has spent the last season on a temporary spell at Bayern Munich, will not be extending his stay in Bavaria despite scoring eight goals and assisting six others in 15 Bundesliga starts.
Should Spurs sign Coutinho?
Yes
No
Indeed, as per this Football Insider report, Coutinho could be made available as Barcelona look to ship off the 27-year-old, but many Spurs supporters aren’t exactly keen.
Flocking to blast the ‘useless‘ update on Twitter, it appears some Lilywhites consider Coutinho ‘finished‘ at the top level – whilst others deny the credibility of the report.
Despite his current stats, during the Brazilian’s last full season for Barca, he didn’t exactly live up to expectation – as explained by the player himself speaking to Marca last year.
This could be a factor in many supporters being turned off by a potential move, here’s what they had to say on social media.
Please NO. He’s finished at the top level. And even if he wasn’t, he’s the anti type of a mourinho playmaker. Hardly any defensive output or pressing ability.
We have a ready made star in the making in lo celso.— Shreyas Rao (@Spurs_Shreyas) May 24, 2020
Who are you kidding. https://t.co/3bvHho0iTz
— Nigel Wilkinson (@nigel_feelgood) May 24, 2020
More useless rumours from you
— Hishaam Habib (@HishyKisses) May 24, 2020
How many times have we been ready to make a move?
— Riv 🇨🇾 ▫️ THFC▫️ (@THFCRiv) May 24, 2020
Spurs won’t go for old players 😂
— klaus ⚡️ (@Towbiy) May 24, 2020
This is false.
— Michael Maloney (@moreglutenplz) May 24, 2020
So we won’t get coutinho
— Kevin Coleman (@kev_freekickdon) May 24, 2020
Why would we consider wasting money on another attacking player? We should be only going for a back up striker and defenders including cdm this window.
— Zoe (@zrdf) May 24, 2020
😂😂😂 as if Levy would ever land such a deal.
— DanielJewelFilm🎬🎧🎮 (@DanielJewelFilm) May 24, 2020