The Philippe Coutinho Thread

[Villan57]

Its official
Aston Villa and FC Barcelona have agreed terms for Philippe Coutinho to spend the rest of this season on loan at Villa Park.

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/january/07/villa-agree-coutinho-/

 

[Pangloss]

Option to buy as well apparently. Highest profile signing we've ever made. Will be massive expectations but I'm delighted to have a player of proven quality. He has world class ability.

 

[crimsondonkey]

Hope Gerrard can motivate and get a tune out of him.

 

[zaijianforth]

Not sure it's the signing we need, but once he's a Villan 100% behind him.

 

[Old Trinity Villan]

Speechless. Welcome to the Villa.

 

[DeanoVilla]

Welcome Phil.

 

[Villan57]

The option to buy is good news, meaning we hand him back if he turns into Barkley .
Much as I like Dean Smith this would not have happened under his watch, this is Gerrard and Purslow.

must be the biggest signing name wise we have ever made

 

[Tom Cat]

Welcome to Villa Coutinho! Very excited to see what comes of this. No risk, high possible reward, although this is Villa, so he could always destroy the entire dressing room comraderie I suppose...

A statement of intent, whether it works or not. Looking forward to seeing what the option to buy cost is. As has been said, it would feel a bit pointless him only being here for the remainder of this season as we don't seem to have too much chance of Europe or relegation.

We could finally have the perfect spoon to feed Ings and Watkins with.

 

[jcm19760]

Let's hope he is with us for a lot longer than 6 months

 

[Villan57]

I guess I owe Tony Cascarino an apology, never should we ever doubt a Villa Bellend/Legend again

 

[Pangloss]

6 months loan with an option to buy is the best deal we could have made. Massive credit to those behind the scenes on this one.

 

[sirdennis]

The option to buy is good news, meaning we hand him back if he turns into Barkley .
Much as I like Dean Smith this would not have happened under his watch, this is Gerrard and Purslow.

must be the biggest signing name wise we have ever made

Been trying to think of a bigger one , but I'm struggling.

A big welcome to Coutinho by the way.

 

[The Fear]

Well this is somewhat exciting!

A truly world class player. Got to be the highest profile player we've ever brought in.

 

[chicovilla]

Great signing, just goes to show the pulling power of a high profile manager like Gerrard. Well done Villa! UTV

 

[JuanPabloAngel]

Wow.

We’ll sign who we want, we’ll sign who we want, we’re Aston Villa, we’ll sign who we want!

Welcome to B6 Philippe

 

[AstonBurrito]

Welcome Phillipe!!

Jack who?

 

[Villan57]

It's time like this and there aren't many times like this, I'm glad I have a season ticket . This would sell Villa park out twice over eat your heart out Jack Grealish

 

[Pride of Lions]

Bit slow getting his own thread though I must say.......

 

[Villan57]

Bit slow getting his own thread though I must say.......

I had to double-check I'd got his name right!

 

[Villan57]

Shame we didn't sign him a few hours before JG left instead of Ings , we'd have seen a sudden U-turn I bet