Barca makes breakthrough in sealing Coutinho deal

it could be completed within the next seven days and before Liverpool’s match with Manchester City on January 14.

On Thursday manager Klopp insisted that the ongoing saga has not and will not affect the mindset and performances of other players in his squad. The Liverpool manager repeatedly said he is “not interested” in the speculation surrounding Coutinho’s future claiming, “There is nothing to say until there is something to say.”

Klopp did, however, stress that the uncertainty over Coutinho’s future will not affect other members of the Liverpool squad and he is confident that his players are focused enough to ignore transfer speculation.

“They are professional football players. Sometimes they are in the middle of the story and sometimes they are sat next to the guy in the dressing room who is in the middle of the story,” he said.

“These young boys are used to this from a really early age and are used to ignoring things around them. If they are smart enough they ignore most of it.”