Wordpress Featured Image Link - html

Question

I have 9 posts showing up on a page. I'm only showing the featured images from the post and the images are set to a background image. I want to be able to click the images and have the image show up in a new window. I'm having a little trouble figuring this out. I want to wrap the div in an link.
This is the code I have:
<article <?php post_class('col-md-4 site-content'); ?>>
<?php if (has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ): ?>
<?php $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id(
$post->ID ), 'large' );
$image = $image[0]; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="coupons-post" style="background-image: url('<?php echo
$image; ?>')">
<?php /*?><div class="entry-thumbnail">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php
the_post_thumbnail('large' , array( 'class' => 'img-responsive') ); ?></a>
</div><?php */?>
<!-- <div class="post-content">
<div class="entry-meta">
<p class="date">News / <?php the_time('n.j.Y') ?></p>
</div>
<h2 class="entry-title">
<?php the_title(); ?>
</h2>
<div class="entry-summary">
<p></p><p><?php $excerpt = get_the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php echo substr($excerpt, 0, 100); ?>...</p>
<p></p>
<a class="read-more" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read More</a>
</div>
</div>-->
</div>
</article>
I want to wrap the div "coupons-post" with the link.

Answer 1

Like this?
<article <?php post_class('col-md-4 site-content'); ?>>
<?php
if (has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ) {
<?php $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'large' );
$image = $image[0];
}
?>
<a href="<?= $image; ?>" target="_blank">
<div class="coupons-post" style="background-image: url('<?php echo $image; ?>')">
</div>
</a>
</article>