RECORD BARCELONA SIGNING COUTINHO OUT FOR THREE WEEKS

Record Barcelona marking Coutinho out for three weeks 

Barcelona have affirmed Philippe Coutinho won't have the capacity to make his introduction until at any rate the finish of January because of thigh damage. 

The 25-year-old, who will conclude a move to the LaLiga pioneers on Monday for an announced charge of €160million, has not played since December because of a muscle grumbling. 

The Brazil star passed his Barca medicinal on Monday yet tests affirmed he will be sidelined for approximately 20 days. 

Coutinho is thusly anticipated that would miss Thursday's Copa del Rey conflict with Celta Vigo and alliance matches against Genuine Sociedad and Genuine Betis. 

He could be accessible for the visit of Deportivo Alaves on January 28 or, intriguingly, the excursion to city rivals Espanyol, where he invested energy in credit in 2012.