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MUNICH (AP) — Arjen Robben has given his permission for Philippe Coutinho to wear his old No. 10 jersey while on loan at Bayern Munich.The 27-year-old Coutinho passed a medical examination on Sunday and signed a contract through June 2020 Alex Morgan Jersey , when Bayern has the option of making the loan permanent.“Arjen had no problem with it. He said Philippe was a worthy successor,” Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said Monday at the Brazil playmaker’s presentation in Munich.Rummenigge said Bayern had not planned to use Robben’s No. 10 or Franck Ribéry’s No. 7 this season as a tribute to both retired wingers, but the club changed its mind as the negotiations with Barcelona over Coutinho’s loan deal began to progress.“We had a chat with Robben. We wanted to give his number to Philippe as a sign of esteem,” Rummenigge said.Bayern announced earlier in the day that the loan move had been completed, saying financial details wouldn’t be disclosed. But Barcelona said the German club “will pay 8.5 million euros ($9.4 million) and the player’s wages.”“The agreement also sees an option to buy for Bayern fixed at 120 million euros ($133 million),” the Spanish club said.Rummenigge said 8.5 million euros ($9.4 million) was “a price among friends.”“We have had a very good relationship for years with Barcelona,” Rummenigge said. “Apart from that, Barcelona didn’t want to hinder the transfer as Philippe very much wanted to come to us.”Although Coutinho failed to live up to expectations after joining Barcelona in January 2018 for a club-record transfer from Liverpool worth 160 million euros (then $192 million) Mallory Pugh Jersey , his arrival in Germany has also been welcomed by Bayern’s club rivals.“You can only congratulate Bayern. It’s good when such a name plays in the Bundesliga,” Borussia Dortmund chief executive told German daily Bild.Dortmund player Julian Brandt, Fortuna Düsseldorf coach Friedhelm Funkel and Borussia Mönchengladbach sporting director Max Eberl also welcomed the transfer.Coutinho said he was looking to stay longer at Bayern than the initial season on loan.“I have a huge challenge in front of me here, and hope to stay a long time and win many titles,” Coutinho said.The Brazil playmaker scored 21 goals and set up 11 more in 75 appearances for Barcelona but was criticized by fans for not playing his best in decisive games. Coutinho was the second most expensive player in the world after Neymar when signed from Liverpool.After coming through the youth teams at hometown club Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, Coutinho was signed by Inter Milan, loaned back to Vasco and later to Spanish club Espanyol before he joined Liverpool.Bayern had been pursuing Germany winger Leroy Sané as its No. 1 target to help fill the void left by Robben and Ribéry, but turned to alternatives after Sané injured his knee while playing for Manchester City.Coutinho has 15 goals in 55 appearances for Brazil and helped the team win the recent Copa América. WATFORD https://www.thetopsoccer.com/uswnt/mallory-pugh-jersey , England (AP) — Arsenal benefited from a bizarre goal from a goalkeeping error and Watford striker Troy Deeney’s red card to claim a 1-0 win that lifted the team back into the Premier League’s top four on Monday.The match was ultimately decided in the space of a few seconds in the first half, with Arsenal going ahead in the 10th minute when Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster dallied on a back pass, then slammed his clearance into the outstretched left boot of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The ball rebounded into the net from six yards (meters).Within a minute, Watford was reduced to 10 men when Deeney was sent off for elbowing Lucas Torreira in the face after the Arsenal midfielder had passed the ball to a teammate.Arsenal was hardly convincing at Vicarage Road despite playing with an extra man for most of the game, but came away with a second away win since November to climb above Chelsea into fourth place on goal difference.It was Arsenal’s first clean sheet in an away league match this season.“We were competitive, but in the circumstances we can control the match better,” Arsenal manager Unai Emery said. “We didn’t make it easy to score the second goal. We did not control the ball in the attacking third.”Aubameyang, playing his first full season in the league Becky Sauerbrunn Jersey , moved onto 18 goals and is only one behind top scorers Sergio Aguero of Manchester City and Mohamed Salah of Liverpool in the race for the Golden Boot. Liverpool’s Sadio Mane also has 18 goals.The Gabon striker is unlikely to score a more bizarre goal this season but did well to close down Foster as the goalkeeper received a back pass from right back Daryl Janmaat.As Foster attempted to clear, Aubameyang got across the goalkeeper and saw the ball career off him into the back of the net.“I’ve said sorry to the lads,” Foster said. “I have tried to drag it on to my left foot and pass it out but before I knew it he was on me. He is too quick.“In hindsight you have to get rid of the ball as quick as you can, even if it goes into row Z.”Deeney, who prides himself on being an intimidating striker,previously questioned Arsenal’s stomach for a physical battle, saying after a home win in this fixture last season that its players can be bullied and lack “cojones.”In the opening minutes, his physicality was on show but he took things too far moments after the restart following Aubameyang’s goal.Torreira played a pass across the field before he was clattered by the right forearm of Deeney Crystal Dunn Jersey , who needlessly and aggressively leant into the diminutive Arsenal midfielder.The referee took his time before showing a straight red card to Deeney, who complained bitterly.“I respect the referee’s decision, but I don’t agree,” Watford manager Javi Gracia said. “In my opinion, it is a yellow card but never a red.”Watford barely tested Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno but did apply pressure in the final half-hour and came close to equalizing when Adam Masina fired a long-range effort against the woodwork in the 62nd minute.