Barcelona appear to have finally succeeded in their long pursuit of Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho.
Reports in both Spain and the UK suggest a British record fee of £142million – with £105m up front – has been agreed for the Brazil international.
That would be a considerable increase on the £118m which the Catalan club offered and had rejected in August when they made their third unsuccessful bid of the summer.
The 25-year-old, who has not played since the transfer window opened because of a thigh problem, did not travel with the squad for their warm weather training camp in Dubai.
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