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Philippe Coutinho 'could reunite with former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi in MLS' as the forward 'doesn't feature in Unai Emery's plans at Aston Villa' following loan spell in Qatar

Philippe Coutinho has been tipped to reunite with Lionel Messi at Inter Miami as the forward 'doesn't feature' in Unai Emery's plans at Aston Villa following a loan spell in Qatar.

The 31-year-old Brazilian temporarily joined QSL club Al-Duhail in September, and scored on his debut in a 2-1 away victory over Al-Markhiya, but has only gone onto score another goal in a total of six appearances across a timespan of four months.

He's now set to return to the Midlands this month, but Emery and club executives at Aston Villa will be looking for another way to ship out the player in the form of a loan or a transfer.