Midfielder Coutinho extends contract with Liverpool

(Reuters) - Brazil international midfielder Philippe Coutinho has extended his contract with Liverpool, the Premier League side said on its website (www.liverpoolfc.com) on Wednesday. Although no official details of his new contract were revealed, media reports said the 24-year-old signed a five-and-a-half year extension that will keep him at Liverpool until 2022 and make him the club's highest-paid player. "It gives me great happiness because I was welcomed here with open arms by everyone at th