Philippe Coutinho and Yerry Mina deals will stop Barcelona signing Gremio star Arthur
PHILIPPE COUTINHO has inadvertently stopped Barcelona from completing another January transfer deal.
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The Brazilian playmaker, 25, was unveiled at the Nou Camp on Monday following the completion of a £142million move.
Coutinho has penned a five-and-a-half-year deal and was pictured alongside president Josep Maria Bartomeu before doing keepy-uppies in front of fans.
He is now set to be joined at the Nou Camp by centre-back Yerry Mina from Palmeiras.
Reports in Spain suggest Mina, a Colombia international, will move to Barcelona for around £10m to strengthen their backline.
But the two deals increase the number of non-EU players in their squad and it will likely KO a deal for Gremio midfielder Arthur.
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Guillem Balague explained on the Transfer Talk podcast: "His buyout clause is €50million and they don't want to pay that.
"There's also a problem with nationality. If Coutinho arrives and Yerry Mina arrives, the centre-back from Palmeiras, that's two non-Europeans which means they won't be able to get another one.
"They like him but they like him for much less money.
"At the moment, if both those two arrive, he won't be a target."
