Barcelona flop Philippe Coutinho is closing in on a return to the Premier League with Chelsea, according to reports in Spain.
Coutinho, 27, spent six years at Liverpool before sealing a £142m switch to Barca in January 2018. Yet after failing to impress in his first year-and-a-half at the Nou Camp, the Brazilian was sent out on loan to Bayern Munich this season - where he has also struggled.
Bayern have told Barca they will not be triggering the £106m option-to-buy clause in Coutinho’s contract, meaning the Catalans have been forced to look elsewhere in their attempts to sell him permanently.
Fortunately for Quique Setien and co, however, Spanish outlet Sport are reporting that Chelsea have identified the playmaker as a summer target for
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