Clause in Coutinho deal prohibits Barcelona from signing any Liverpool player
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Coutinho played for the Reds from 2013 to 2018.

That’s when he joined Barccelona, who sent him on loan to Bayern Munich a year later.

Barcelona cannot sign any Liverpool player for three years due to a clause inserted into Philippe Coutinho‘s contract with the La Liga club, according to the Daily Star. The Brazilian joined Barca in January 2018 from Liverpool for a fee of around €140 million.

Liverpool were well compensated for letting go of their star player but wanted to ensure that Barca did not come sniffing around for another of their stars for the foreseeable future. To prevent another approach from Barca, the Reds insisted upon a clause in Coutinho’s contract that forbid Barcelona from signing any of their players for three years, one of which has almost passed.

Liverpool are all too familiar with having to sell their stars to Barcelona, having seen Luis Suarez join the Catalan giants in 2014 after narrowly missing out on a Premier League title.

Liverpool’s current side includes several players who would improve Barca’s squad, with the standouts being Roberto Firmino and Virgil van Dijk. But Reds fans can rest assured that they will be free from the pulling power of Barcelona for two more years.

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