Philippe Coutinho potentially joining Tottenham was one of the most talked about transfers of last summer. Former Liverpool star Coutinho suddenly became available towards the end of the window as Barcelona were ready to loan him out… and, understandably, there was no shortage of takers.
And, for the first time, Mirror Sport can reveal the real truth as to why a deal with Tottenham fell down and the Brazilian forward ended up joining Bayern Munich instead.
The picture was even clouded still further this week when a report in Spain wrongly claimed Coutinho had been left frustrated with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy for not getting the deal done.
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