Philippe Coutinho: Liverpool reject Barcelona's £90m bid for Brazil star
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Liverpool have rejected a bid of 100 million euros (£90m) from Barcelona for Brazil playmaker Philippe Coutinho.
Barca's second bid for the 25-year-old, which was rejected immediately, comprised an initial 85m euros (£76.8m) plus 15m euros (£13.5m) in add-ons.
Liverpool have reiterated that Coutinho - who joined them from Inter Milan for £8.5m in 2013 - is not for sale.
Barcelona sold Brazil forward Neymar to Paris St-Germain for a world record transfer of £200m last week.
Coutinho who scored 14 goals last term and spent six weeks out with an ankle injury, signed a new five-year deal in January, which did not include a release clause.
Manager Jurgen Klopp said the Reds were not "a selling club" when Barca's previous £72m offer was rejected in July, and Liverpool consider the matter closed.
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Kyle Walker at 50M is a better player? The whole transfer system is becoming more and more loopy.
If I were Liverpool I'd take the next bid which i expect will be around £100m.
So what have we gained with these ridiculous fees? Nothing. Except that football fans will be raped silly by the clubs they love until they have been bled dry.
But it's your year, surely you'll win the league if he stays?
Just like the last 28.
I expect he'll be sold soon; Liverpool have done very well with him but he's not irreplaceable by any means.
They sold Lukaku because the player wanted to go.
Coutinho wants to go to Barca.
End of story!