On this day in 2013: Liverpool sign Philippe Coutinho from Inter Milan
Coutinho signed for the Reds in a deal worth £8.5million.
Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho joined Liverpool from Inter Milan on this day in 2013.
Coutinho, 20 at the time, signed for the Anfield club in a deal worth £8.5million after the Reds beat off competition from Mauricio Pochettino’s Southampton.
He said: “Liverpool is a great club with great players. We’ve always heard about Liverpool’s history in Brazil. I know they believe in me and my football.”
The Spanish giants were forced to dig deep into their pockets to take him to the Nou Camp, though, splashing out on a reported fee that could have risen to £142million in January 2018.
After three-and-a-half years with Barcelona, which included a season-long loan with Bayern Munich in 2019-20, Coutinho returned to the Premier League in 2022 when he joined Aston Villa on loan, linking up with former Liverpool team-mate Steven Gerrard.
