Angel Di Maria's deadline day move to Barcelona broke down after Paris Saint-Germain demanded £64m (€70m).

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star has been a long-term target for the Blaugrana due to his close relationship with Lionel Messi.

After grabbing Neymar from the Catalan giants, PSG were unprepared to sell one of their star players in the opposite direction.

Barcelona were also left frustrated after being priced out of a move for Liverpool star Philippe Coutinho, who quoted a massive £183million (€200m).

The Reds had maintained that the Brazilian was not for sale at any price but the Blaugrana's director of professional sports Albert Soler has announced they received an ultimatum on deadline day.

Lionel Messi enjoys a close relationship with Di Maria (
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Despite receiving funds of almost £200m from Neymar's sale to Paris Saint-Germain, Soler insists they were not prepared to put the club at risk by indulging a crazy transfer market.

He said: "After weeks of offers [for Coutinho], yesterday Liverpool wanted €200million for one player. We won't put the club at risk.

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"We don't want to get caught up in such an inflated market. Normally it's traditional clubs that are big actors. Not right now."

Coutinho scored in Brazil's 2-0 win over Ecuador to push the Selecao closer to Russia 2018.

Coutinho scored for Brazil in their World Cup qualifier against Ecuador (
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The 25-year-old will be forced to return to Anfield and reintegrate himself into Jurgen Klopp's side in order to maintain his form for next summer's World Cup.

Barcelona tabled three offers throughout the summer, with the highest reaching £114m.

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