Liverpool news: Coutinho doesn’t want to return to England after failed Barcelona transfer

Coutinho had been a target for Barcelona all summer and even submitted a transfer request to force through a move.

However it was rejected just a like a third bid of £90million was swiftly turned down as Liverpool maintained their stance that Coutinho would not be sold.

Liverpool have since denied claims by Barcelona that they were open to selling Coutinho for £183m on deadline day in Spain. 

But new reports in Spain have shed a light on Coutinho's disappointment at seeing a move to the Nou Camp fail to materialise.

Spanish newspaper Sport quote friends of Coutinho saying: "We still do not understand why Liverpool did not want to sell." 

It says following international duty with Brazil, Coutinho's return to Liverpool is 'a flight that he never wanted to take'.

The report claims Coutinho was not due to play against Ecuador last week but came on and scored having already known that he would have to stay at Liverpool.

Coutinho is said to have spent Thursday night in a restaurant with his family and the atmosphere was a 'like a funeral’ and he was ‘crestfallen as he had never been seen before’.

Nevertheless Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp reckons Coutinho can feature for the club this season.

“We still have a really good player in the squad who can play,” said Klopp, speaking to the German media outlet SPORT1. 

“Don’t believe everything in the press or that there are offers here and there and that the minute after the offer has been entered, it should already be over.

“We are not like George Orwell where everybody knows everything immediately. We have exactly the situation we wanted and no other.”