Philippe Coutinho has reportedly agreed a massive 70 per cent wage cut in order to complete his £17m move to Aston Villa from Barcelona on Friday.
The Premier League club confirmed they had agreed a permanent deal to sign the Brazilian playmaker having brought him in on loan in January, with the 29-year-old signing a four-year deal.
Now, The Telegraph reports that Coutinho has taken a cut of over 70 per cent in order to complete the move - his £470,000-a-week wage at Barca has now gone down to around £125,000-a-week.