Barcelona will reportedly have to sell five players if they're to free up the space needed to add Philippe Coutinho to their hefty wage bill.
MailOnline's Pete Jenson referred to a column by Miguel Rico of Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo, who wrote of the major burden Barca's salary budget plays on their finances: "If Barcelona don't bring the wage bill down from the 84 percent mark, they cannot sign Coutinho even if Liverpool let him leave for free."
It's said Arda Turan and Thomas Vermaelen could be among those Blauagrana fringe players cut loose in order to make a move for Reds talisman Coutinho, while Andre Gomes, Aleix Vidal and Paco Alcacer are also said to be surplus to requirements.