Transfer: News update on Arsenal target Coutinho

August 14, 2020 Bayern Munich's Philippe Coutinho scores their seventh goal, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)  via REUTERS

Barcelona could face the embarrassing prospect of having to pay Liverpool €5m (£4.5m) if Philippe Coutinho wins the Champions League with Bayern Munich this season.

Coutinho came off the bench for the Bundesliga champions to haunt his parent club in the Champions League and score two goals to add insult to injury in a brutal 8-2 thumping.

And as if that was not humiliating enough for Barcelona, it could get even worse if Bayern go all the way and win the tournament.

The deal to sign Coutinho from Liverpool included a number of potential add-on clauses, but incredibly they are player-specific rather than club-specific.

One of those clauses was that Barcelona would pay Liverpool £4.5m if Coutinho won the Champions League in either the 2018-19 or 2019-20 season, but it does not specify that it had to be while playing for them.

Coutinho, meanwhile, is being strongly linked with a permanent move to the Premier League, with Arsenal said to be the club demonstrating the most interest at the moment.

Ahead of the game, his agent Joorabchian said in an interview with talkSPORT: “After the Champions League is finished, then we will sit down.

“I haven’t even spoken to him about it, actually. He loves the Premier League, He wants to come to the Premier League.”

Coutinho is set to return to Barcelona once the Champions League is concluded.