Liverpool have rejected a
third bid from Barcelona for Philippe Coutinho, according to Sky sources.
Sky Sports News understands
the latest offer was worth an initial £113m and the fee could have risen to
£118m based on the Brazil international’s potential appearances at the Nou
Camp.
Barca have failed with
their two previous offers worth £72m and £90.4m.
Liverpool have insisted
Coutinho will not be sold before the close of the summer transfer window,
despite the 25-year-old handing in a transfer request in a bid to force through
a move away from Anfield.
Barca general manager Josep
Segura claimed earlier this week that the Spanish club were close to agreeing a
deal for Coutinho.
However, when asked about
Segura’s comments, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said: “I don’t know why other
people are saying what they’re saying. I don’t even know him. I have never met
him.”
Coutinho pledged his future
to Liverpool in January by signing a new five-and-a-half-year contract, with
the deal including no release clause.
Klopp has continually
insisted that Liverpool are under no pressure to sell Coutinho and the
midfielder is priceless to the club.
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