And according to Marca, the deal for Coutinho will break a number two transfer records in Spain. Firstly, the €110million up front, plus €40million in add-ons, will represent a club-record signing for Barcelona – beating the €105million they paid Borussia Dortmund for Ousmane Dembele over the summer.
Secondly, the deal will also shatter the current record for a January signing in Spain. That currently belongs to Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Real Madrid, who paid €27m to sign him from Ajax way back in 2009.