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Philippe Coutinho has taken a 70 per cent cut on his Barcelona wages to sign permanently with Aston Villa.

The Brazilian had been earning massive wages with Barcelona, figures Aston Villa would certainly not be able to afford without breaking apart their financial structure.



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Coutinho, 29, has been on loan at Villa from Barcelona since January and scored four goals.

He had been earning an incredible £480,000-a-week at Barcelona - Villa had paid him £120,000 a week during his loan spell.

However, now Coutinho is thought to have cut his wages in order to force through a £17m move to play under Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard, his former team-mate at Liverpool.