Liverpool have reportedly rejected a bid of
€100million (£89million) for Philippe
Coutinho.
The Reds turned down Barcelona’s
£71.5million offer last week but the Spanish
side — desperate to find a replacement for
seemingly Paris-bound Neymar — then increased their proposal.
Catalan newspaper Sport, however, say the
second offer has also been rejected.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has grown
increasingly frustrated with the speculation
surrounding his key player, who signed a
new five-year contract earlier this year.
The German coach looked almost bemused
when asked by a Spanish reporter for his
‘interpretation’ of Barcelona’s pursuit of
Coutinho.
Klopp replied: “Well, you formulated the
question in a strange way. Where is the
interpretation?”
“The word ‘not’ means there is no
interpretation for that. It’s nothing new, is
it? He is not for sale. There is no
interpretation at all. If you say he is available
to be sold? I don’t understand that.”
Klopp has faced frustrations of his own
during the summer transfer window after
seeing three bids turned down for RB
Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita.
Recent reports also suggested Liverpool
were interested in signing Augsburg’s Swiss
keeper Marwin Hitz but Klopp insists that is
not the case.
“No, we aren’t in the running for him. He’s a
good goalie but we have enough good
goalies,” he said.
