Barcelona's Philippe Coutinho Video Announcement Was Made In August

Barcelona clearly waited a long time to announce the signing of Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool, so much so that they used a video they made in August to confirm the capture.

The Blaugrana were desperate to land him in the summer but any advance they made was rejected by Liverpool, who held firm and refused to sell at any price.

When a mammoth £142 million bid came in this January though, with Coutinho's desire to make the move to the Nou Camp still ever present, Liverpool conceded defeat and the deal was confirmed yesterday.

Barca produced a couple of different announcement videos - and people on Twitter have been quick to spot that the second one, which comprises of Barcelona following Coutinho on all their official channels, was created in August - such was the club's confidence they would sign him.

If you look closely, and plenty of people have, his Instagram followers have grown hugely since then - and the date of the posts is also there to see.

Barca confirmed Coutinho has penned a five-and-a-half year deal with the club, while his deal also contains a whopping €400 million euros.

Topics: Liverpool, Barcelona, Philippe Coutinho

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