Despite rumors stating that Philippe Coutinho would sign for Arsenal on loan, we are getting some dissenting voices throwing cold water on the idea.
French journalist Julien Laurens, who lives in England, recently took to Twitter to write that not only are Arsenal not signing Coutinho, they never were in for the Barcelona player in the first place.
Arsenal are not signing Coutinho. They are not in for him and never were. They are looking actively for a centre back before Thursday’s transfer deadline.
— Julien Laurens (@LaurensJulien) August 6, 2019
The original report that caused quite a stir was from L’Equipe, which stated that the Brazilian would return to the Premier League via a loan.