• Brazilian hopes bid will shift Liverpool’s stance but Klopp refuses to comment
• Coutinho and Mohamed Salah will miss Everton FA Cup tie through injury
Barcelona are prepared to pay up to £140m for Philippe Coutinho and hope the staggering sum, the second highest transfer fee in history, will tempt Liverpool to sanction the playmaker’s sale this month.
Liverpool have yet to receive an official bid from the Spanish league leaders in this window but are braced for Barcelona’s fourth offer in total, having rejected three approaches last summer. The Anfield club have in mind a base figure of around €150m (£133m) for the Brazil international and Barcelona’s determination to sign Coutinho in January is expected to surpass that figure. Jürgen Klopp, with the backing of Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool’s owner, will then have to decide whether a sale is beneficial to his club.
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