BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona says Liverpool has agreed to transfer midfielder Philippe Coutinho to the Spanish club.
Barcelona did not reveal the cost of the deal, but a person familiar with the details told The Associated Press on Saturday the transfer is worth $192 million.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly about the deal, which would be a club record for Barcelona.
The transfer will make Coutinho one of the three costliest players in soccer history, after Paris Saint-Germain duo Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
Barcelona now has reinvested the 222 million euro windfall it received from PSG following Neymar’s world-record transfer to the French club in August.
Barcelona says the 25-year-old Coutinho will sign a contract for the rest of the ongoing season and five more seasons.