Secondly, the deal will also shatter the current record for a January signing in Spain. That currently belongs to Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Real Madrid, who paid €27m to sign him from Ajax way back in 2009.
Further reports in Spain claim Coutinho has also already chosen his squad number at Barcelona, with the Brazilian set to inherit the No 7 shirt, which will soon be vacated by Turkey star Arda Turan, who will leave the Nou Camp this month.
