Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp recently said that the Reds do not wish to spend too much money during the current transfer window thereby making it clear that the club will not bring back Philippe Coutinho.
As per reports in Spain, Barcelona have put a price tag of around 102 million pounds on the Brazilian which is certainly a staggering amount for any club to pay.
Hence, Klopp told ESPN in an interview that his club will not be moving for Philippe Coutinho this summer.
“In general, Phil Coutinho helps each team in the world, still — 100%,” Klopp told ESPN FC during an exclusive interview.
“It’s not about that. I like Phil, I think he’s a fantastic footballer and all that stuff, but it would be a big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big-money signing and it’s not our year for that.
“It’s just not possible. As I said, having him would make each team better — us included — but I really hope that he finds his luck at Barcelona.
“Or maybe he found it there. We have contact, but not that close contact that I know exactly how he is doing, but the rest is only newspaper talk and stuff like that.
“If everything was true what newspapers write about me — wow! If it’s similar to what they write about me, I would say he’s completely happy at Barcelona and wants to sign a new six-year contract or whatever.”
But Jamie Carragher has gone on to claim that he would want the Reds to bring back Philippe Coutinho to Liverpool since Jurgen Klopp could do with a creative player in his squad.
“I still think they could add a creative player,” Carragher told Pundit Arena(as reported by Football365).
“They tried to sign one last season in (Nabil) Fekir, he’s actually gone this summer for a lot cheaper (joining Real Betis for €19.7m).
“I said it before, I’d love to see Liverpool bring Coutinho back if that was possible in any way.
“Obviously, it hasn’t worked out for him at Barcelona. I just think that would be a great addition. You’ve got [Adam] Lallana and [Xherdan] Shaqiri in those positions, but they’re not Coutinho. He would give Liverpool something that they don’t have compared to City.”
