Aston Villa has reached an agreement with Barcelona for the purchase of Philippe Coutinho.

This has been officially confirmed by Barcelona, through a post on their Twitter profile.

The amount that Aston Villa has paid to buy Coutinho is 20 million euros.

Villas coach Steven Gerrard was reportedly key in the transfer.

Coutinho was on loan to Aston Villa, showing good performances and convincing the English team.