Villa ready to cancel Coutinho’s contract 654 days after the last game for them

Aston Villa is ready to cancel Philippe Coutinho’s contract for about 654 days after he last played for them.

The playmaker, 32, is currently on loan on the Brazilian side Vasco da Gama, where he scored eight times in 43 outings.

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Coutinhowho also spent on loan last season on the Qatari side Al-Duhail, did not play Villa Since the start of the 2023/24 campaign – exactly 654 days ago.

But he has left for a year to his lucrative contract of £ 125,000 a week, which Coutinho signed in 2022 after his shock loan of Barcelona permanent for £ 17 million.

And the Athletic Claims Villa Chiefs have now made it a priority to get his high wages of their books prior to a different summer edition.

Coutinho came to the ground when he moved to Villa Park in January 2022 and scored five goals in 19 games under Steven Gerard.

But the standards slipped after his move became permanent, with the ex-Liverpool And Bayern Munich -Stet -Nets only once in the following 24 onions.

And Coutinho now seems to be a free agent if Villa a deal can agree to end his contract this month.

He is not the only potential outgoing, because the men of Unai Emery want to balance the books.

EMI Martinez, Lucas Digne and Leon Bailey can be sold for the right price, with EMI Buendia, Leander Dendocker, Enzo Barrenechea and Samuel Iling-junior for grasping.

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There is also interest in Ollie Watkins, Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rogers, but Villa is desperate to keep all three.

Emery is also preparing for different income.

The loan from Marco Asensio from Paris Saint-Germain can be made permanently.

While Villa are big fans of Southampton wing player Tyler Dibbling.