Barca's Coutinho Officially Joins Aston Villa On Loan, Checkout Beautiful Photos Of Him And His Wife

Philippe Coutinho will play in the Premier League again, this time under the tutelage of former teammate Steven Gerrard. The former Liverpool star has joined Aston Villa on loan with the option to buy after leaving Barcelona.

And undoubtedly, along with him will be his doting wife Aine, who’s been at the Brazilian superstar's side since childhood.

Indeed, the 28-year-old has been with the player from his days at Vasco da Gama, then Inter Milan, Liverpool, Barcelona - and now Villa.

Philippe has continued the trend of Latin American players staying true to their sweethearts. Lionel Messi married childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo in 2017.

While Luis Suarez and his girlfriend Sofi had to maintain a long-distance relationship when he was playing at Nacional.

Philippe and Aine met after a friend introduced the pair at a party in 2007. Philippe was just starting out his career at the time and they continued to grow up together in Rio de Janeiro.

It’s thought that the two lived away from each other when the attacker was on loan to Espanyol in 2012 - but it seemed to strengthen the relationship as they married just months later.

The couple have welcomed three children - daughters Maria and Esmeralda and son Philippe Junior.

Philippe has said of his wife via, according to SunSport. : "Aine plays a huge part in everything I do. We didn't study together, we didn't really have mutual friends, except for one, who had a party and we both went to it. We met there and sat together for a long time just talking.

"She approached me and begged me to be her boyfriend. "There was never a point where we said, 'OK, we're together now.'" We're from the same area, so we just started seeing each other more and more, visiting places together, and our friendship grew deeper and stronger."