How much does Philippe Coutinho earn at Bayern Munich?
Bayern completed the signature of Barcelona striker Philippe Coutinho with a one-season loan earlier this week.
Barça said that the part of the Bundesliga will pay a loan fee of € 8.5 million (£ 7.78 million), while the option to buy the 27-year-old is € 120 million (£ 109.84 million) .
“In Barcelona, many things did not go as we had imagined,” Coutinho said in his official presentation.
“But this is history now. I hope to stay here for a long time and win many titles.”
Philippe Coutinho salaries
Coutinho joined Barcelona from Liverpool in January 2018 for a fee of £ 142 million.
The Brazilian signed a five and a half year contract at Camp Nou.
According to Marca, the player takes home an annual salary of € 13.5m (£ 12.4m). That works at approximately £ 240,000 per week.
Barcelona confirmed that Bayern will pay Coutinho’s salaries for the duration of his loan period.
Philippe Coutinho’s career
Coutinho came through the youth ranks in Vasco da Gama in his native Brazil.
He was signed by Inter Milan in the summer of 2008 for 4 million euros before being returned to the Brazilian club for another two seasons.
He made his official debut for Inter in August 2010.
After a brief loan period with Espanyol during the 2011/12 season, Coutinho joined Liverpool in January 2013 for a fee of £ 8.5 million.
The striker joined the current club Barcelona five years later.