However, the “great love story” of the Nou Camp is the couple’s marriage.
They’ve been together practically his whole professional career, from Vasco da Gama to Liverpool to Inter to Barcelona to his upcoming move to Aston Villa.
They managed to keep their relationship together despite spending some time apart while the £145 million player was on loan at Espanyol.
It’s no surprise that Coutinho will quickly adjust to life in the Premier League again.
In 2017, former teammate Lionel Messi wed Antonella Roccuzzo, his childhood girlfriend, in a grandiose wedding in their native Argentina.
And team-mate Luis Suarez had to suffer a long-distance romance with then-girlfriend Sofi when he started his career at Nacional.
Philippe and Aine, both 28, maintained the South American love story trend.
The two first met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2007 when the young footballer was just 14 years old and have been close ever since.
A common friend introduced them to each other at a party and they began dating, living togethe Aine would travel with him watching every game.
After spending two seasons at Internazionale, Philippe returned to Vaso de Gama.
But it’s widely thought that Aine dropped out of school and joined Philippe in Italy when he moved back there in 2010.
He went on loan to Espanyol in 2012, presumably forcing them to spend some time apart before getting married that same year.
They both relocated to Liverpool after Philippe signed with the club in 2013.
Aine posted pictures of her game tickets on social media, showing that she, like the rest of the fans, had to watch the forward fight to make the first squad.
“She proposed to me and I accepted. We never had that defining moment when we finally realized we belonged together.
“We’re from the same neighbourhood and so we just started seeing more and more of each other, going places together and it grew deeper and stronger.”
He now makes a point of blowing kisses at her whenever he scores.
At Villa Park, you can count on seeing a lot more of that, along with Aine’s grin.
