Barcelona: Neymar and Coutinho links addressed by pundits
Barcelona star Coutinho will join Bayern Munich on a season-long loan deal, despite the Brazil international being heavily linked with a move to PSG for most of the summer.
The Samba star was wanted by the Ligue 1 giants as part of a potential move for Neymar, who is eager to make a stunning return to the Nou Camp.
Coutinho will now join Bayern Munich instead, though, and Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo say Barcelona factored two things into their thinking.
Firstly, Barcelona could not afford to wait for PSG.
Barcelona have offloaded Philippe Coutinho to Bayern Munich (Image: GETTY)
Barcelona flop Philippe Coutinho will chance his arm with Bayern Munich (Image: GETTY)
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