The Brazilian looks increasingly likely to move to Camp Nou this January (Picture: Getty)

Philippe Coutinho has not travelled with the Liverpool squad for their clash against Burnley amid rumours he could complete a mega-money move to Barcelona.

The Catalan giants chased the Brazilian playmaker for much of the summer, though Liverpool refused to sell, but reports in Spain have suggested a deal would be announced when the window reopened.

Speculation was fuelled further when Nike ‘announced’ Coutinho’s arrival at Barca via an advert of their official website offering the opportunity to buy Barcelona shirts with the 25-year-old’s name on it.

Coutinho and Salah are missing from the squad, while Firmino is only on the bench (Getty)

And now Coutinho has been left out of Liverpool’s squad for the trip to Turf Moor, having not trained with the rest of his teammates on Sunday due to a thigh problem.

In a further blow, Mohamed Salah is also missing for the Merseysiders after picking up a knock at the end of Liverpool’s come-from-behind win over Leicester – in which the Egyptian scored twice.

Jurgen Klopp explained the absences to Sky Sports before the match, saying: ‘Phil and Mo aren’t available, that’s why they are not in the squad. Both injured and that’s not too cool but that’s how it is.

‘The other changes are because we wanted to bring in fresh legs, we wanted to find the right formation for this game today, the right tactics – all that stuff.’

Adam Lallana and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain come into the side to replace Coutinho and Salah, while Roberto Firmino is surprisingly dropped to the bench with Dominic Solanke taking his place.

In the absence of Coutinho and Salah, Lallana makes his first start of the season (Picture: Getty)

Coutinho was missing from training on New Year’s Eve, though his absence will only increase speculation that he could finally get his move to Camp Nou.

It has recently been claimed that Liverpool are furious with Nike’s advertisement and will demand an ‘astronomical’ fee from Barca following the blunder, with a figure of £140m mooted.