Former Brazil International Philippe Coutinho has completed a permanent move to Vasco da Gama from Aston Villa.
The Premier League team said on Friday in a statement that both clubs have reached a deal for the playmaker to permanently return to his boys’ club after Coutinho was on loan last season at the side established in Rio de Janeiro.
Coutinho came to Villa in 2022 and made 43 performances with the team, scored six goals.
Coutinho started his professional career at Vasco in 2009.
The former clubs of Coutinho include Inter Milan, Liverpool, Barcelona and Bayern Munch. He came to Barcelona from Liverpool in 2018 for a reimbursement of a maximum of 160 million euros (then USD 192 million).
He won two Spanish league titles with Barcelona, and a Champions League trophy with Bayern Munich in 2020. Coutinho won the Copa America with Brazil in 2019 and played in the 2018 World Cup.
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