Good news for Aston Villa fans: finally, after many vicissitudes, the club from Birmingham managed to negotiate the termination of cooperation with Philippe Coutinho (31), once a great Brazilian star, who for several years has significantly burdened the club’s account with a huge salary.Champions League preparations underway: Maatsen is a VillanThe final details of the termination of his contract, which was supposed to last until the summer of 2026, are being worked out, after which Coutinho will join Vasco da Gama, the club where he grew up and from which he moved to Inter Milan back in 2008.The former Brazilian national team player comes to Vasco as an absolute star, he managed to bring his good friend Joseph de Souza (35), with whom he started in the youth categories, to the club, and Alex Teixeira (34) to get a new contract. Coutinho also played with him in Vasco da Gama at the beginning of his career…##NAJAVA_MECA_8186086##In order to realize this deal, Philippe Coutinho agreed to a significant salary reduction, however, the club leaders undertook to help him develop a football institute that will bear his name and be under his management. The assumption is that it is a centre for further education of players and coaches.Coutinho had an outstanding start at Aston Villa while Steven Gerrard was sitting on the bench. Back then, he came on a loan from Barcelona, and the legendary Liverpool ace was so enamoured with him that at one point, he declared: “Just look at his performance tonight, his skill, lucidity and vision… If you don’t like the way he plays, it’s best to stop watching football. His performance was absolutely wonderful.”Foto de Philippe Coutinho no Colégio Vasco da Gama.Nostálgico! pic.twitter.com/HGAu6WvtfC— Futebol Nostálgico! (@futnostalgico) June 28, 2024 After a few months of really good games, Villa bought Coutinho for 20,000,000 euros and gave him a four-year contract worth more than 8,000,000 per season. Then began his inexplicable decline…He spent the last months on loan at Al Duhail in Qatar (with our Michael Olunga) where he scored seven goals and provided three assists in 24 matches.Maybe a renaissance will happen in his home club? What is certain is that Aston Villa’s budget will be more than relieved.
