PHILIPPE COUTINHO is set to make an emotional return to Liverpool this summer just six months after leaving the club.
The Barcelona superstar is a certainty to be included in the Brazilian World Cup squad that heads to Russia in June.
But he will also get the opportunity to make a trip down memory lane after his country announced their final warm-up matches prior to the tournament.
Brazil’s Football Confederation confirmed this afternoon that they will take on Croatia at Anfield two weeks before they begin their quest for a fifth world crown.
And the June 3 clash will provide Coutinho, who spent five years at Liverpool, to say his goodbyes to the fans who adored him on Merseyside.
The Samba Boys will be based in England in their build-up to the showpiece.
Tottenham‘s training ground in Enfield will be their base from May 28 to June 8.
Following the game at Anfield they will then head to Vienna to face Austria in their final warm-up match.
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Brazil’s World Cup opener is against Switzerland on June 17 in Rostov.
Costa Rica and Serbia are also in Group E.
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