Soccer-Arteta wary of Coutinho threat as Arsenal head to Villa


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Leeds United v Aston Villa - Elland Road, Leeds, Britain - March 10, 2022 Aston Villa's Philippe Coutinho celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Peter Powell

LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal will have to be wary of Aston Villa playmaker Philippe Coutinho in Saturday's Premier League clash but manager Mikel Arteta says he has no regrets at not signing the Brazilian.

The north London club were linked with Coutinho in the January 2021 transfer window but he stayed at Barcelona and Arsenal opted instead to sign Norwegian Martin Odegaard.

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