Finally, Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho makes transfer decision

Philippe Coutinho wants to join Chelsea from Barcelona, according to Duncan Castles.

Coutinho looks set to leave Barcelona this summer after a difficult 18 months and the club are ready to sell.

“The briefing I had last week was that Coutinho’s preference would be to go to Chelsea rather than Paris St-Germain,” Castles said on the Transfer Window podcast.

“But of course, dependent on the transfer-window ban being lifted, which it looks almost certain not to happen.”