Philippe Coutinho has been backed by Michail Antonio in forcing a move from Liverpool to Barcelona.

"He did every single thing he possibly could do," the West Ham winger said on talkSPORT.

"He stayed, he trained, he worked hard – he stayed away from it – and Liverpool say ‘no we"re keeping him".

"And then he handed in a transfer request because he had no other option. But he"s been the perfect servant for them for the past three or four years.

"His opportunity has arisen to take that massive step and the club are going to keep you where you are. He had no other option to do what he did."

Virgil van Dijk's agent has made a big error by not having a release clause inserted in his contract, according to John Collins.

"Virgil van Dijk, I know Virgil very well,” he said on talkSPORT.

"He"s a good boy but I don"t know why he signed this six-year extension last year to be perfectly honest.

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"When you sign an extension six months earlier, unless your agent has got a buyout clause put in it and a buying club makes it, then his agent"s not done a good job for him.

"It looks like Southampton are going to dig their heels in and it looks like Liverpool are going to dig their heels in.”

Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona: Michail Antonio has backed the Liverpool star to move

Julian Draxler is wanted by Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea.

That's according to the Gambling Times who say the Premier League giants have all held talks with the Paris St-Germain ace.

The 23-year-old is now down the pecking order in the French side following the world-record arrival of Neymar.

Arsenal are reportedly most interested in Draxler who could be seen as a more realistic target than Thomas Lemar of Monaco.