Tottenham Hotspur would have had to pay over £25m to take Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona on loan, according to the BBC

Spurs were keen to land the former Liverpool midfielder and opened talks over a loan move for the player to head to north London.

 



Barcelona were not willing to sell Coutinho, but were willing to sanction a season-long loan. However, the deal has been called off.

It is claimed that it would have cost Tottenham over £25m just to take the midfielder to the Premier League on loan for the season.

 


Tottenham would have been expected to have paid Coutinho's wages, while it appears that a loan fee was also a request from Barcelona.


 


Coutinho has struggled to make his mark in Spain since joining Barcelona from Liverpool in the January 2018 transfer window.

He has been linked with a move away from the Camp Nou, but any switch to the Premier League now looks impossible due to the early closure of the transfer window in the English top flight.

 

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Spurs are continuing to work on other deals and have an interest in Bruno Fernandes, Giovani Lo Celso and Paulo Dybala.