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However, Continue was unsure if Real Madrid really wanted him or were just trying to increase his valuation.<\/p>\n
He stuck to his desire to move to Barca and Real\u2019s effort to distract him was in vain.<\/p>\n
The Brazilian reportedly paid \u00a311 million of his own money to fulfill a life-long \u201cdream\u201d of playing for the Catalans.<\/p>\n
His former Liverpool teammate, Luis Suarez has already prepared the ground for his arrival off the field with the Uruguayan purchasing a property for the 25 years old even before he knew Coutinho would be joining them.<\/p>\n
Coutinho would miss the next three weeks after his medicals revealed he has injured his thigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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