Not sure why you need to be that aggressive. Factually, you may be right but so do I. He only came back to Spain at that deadline. It may be a coincidence or not. He was forced to go to China and made Barcelona millions for that so he was the last to travel to Spain. After that he met with his lawyers, signed the deal and Barcelona still tried to keep him. Am I wrong here?
Now, do you concede he could have said he had a back pain? Just like Barcelona told Coutinho to do and therefore he could have been absent in the matches/events Barcelona signed and were worth millions of Euros for the Club? Btw, that was one of the reasons he wanted to leave, his image rights.
Can you concede that? He'd still get the loyalty bonus without being forced to attend some crap marketing campaigns in stores in USA/China. He could act like Coutinho did and you were all in favor of that. Or am I wrong? If not, that would've been Better, I guess?
No he cannot get the loyalty bonus if he acted like coutinho, There are certain conditions must be met for the player to receive it, And here i am quoting them from a good member in this forum called 'DennyCrane'
1. The player does not negotiate with another club in the last three months before July 31.
2. The player will express publicly his commitment to fulfil his contract.
3. The collection was to be made on September 1, to ensure that he did not go to another club.
In general, The best chance to collect this loyalty bonus is to behave in a fully committed manner to the current club prior to collection, That's what his lawyers must've advised him to do, And that's why he stuck around during the US tour and done the china trip for barca.
Coutinho on the other hand, Will be denied his loyalty bonus, That happens in EPL when a player hands in a transfer request, Coutinho even though he'll be with liverpool in season 2017-2018, He won't receive any bonus at the end of it, Or in any subsequent seasons because he shown a non- committed attitude to his club.
