Newcastle United linked with extraordinary post-takeover transfer move

The £105million midfielder is on a season-long loan at Bayern Munich.

And, according to Sport, United’s prospective buyers have made contact with agents over a summer move for the Brazil international.

Coutinho joined Barcelona from Liverpool in January 2008, and the 27-year-old will reportedly be moved on permanently this summer.

Amanda Staveley, backed by Saudia Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the Reuben Brothers, has agreed a £300million takeover of Newcastle.