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According to the French media, PSG are planning to steal Liverpool’s Philippe Countinho from under the noses of Barcelona, having made the Brazilian their number one transfer target next summer, with Telefoot reporting a meeting in London last week between PSG’s Sporting Director, Antero Henrique, and the player’s agent, Kia Joorabahlan.
This will alarm Barcelona who made three unsuccessful bids to sign the player in the summer, and who are widely expected to make a fresh offer for Countinho when the January transfer window opens.
However, now it appears that PSG may try and hijack the deal, using Countinho’s friendship with his Brazilian international teammate, Neymar, to lure him to Paris instead.
For Liverpool supporters more bad news, however, as their chances of hanging on to the services of the star playmaker appear increasingly slim.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.