Liverpool star Philippe Coutinho ready to make last ditch appeal for club to grant him dream move to Barcelona
Brazil forward has emailed in transfer request to Anfield bosses but it has fallen on deaf ears as they stand firm
PHILIPPE COUTINHO IS READY to make a last ditch appeal to Liverpool to allow him his dream move to Barcelona to go through.
Liverpool have rejected increasing offers from the Nou Camp to take their Brazilian attacking midfielder.
A third bid of £118 million was turned down but now Barca are ready to make a final offer of £136m.
They have until tomorrow to complete the deal with the Spanish deadline coming 24 hours after the Premier League’s closes.
Coutinho, 25, signed a new five-year deal with Liverpool in January but that was before he was aware of Barca’s interest.
He has since emailed a transfer request into Anfield but that has been ignored.
However, that has not stopped him joining up with the Brazil squad to face Ecuador today and where he has been passed fit to play by his national team’s medical staff.
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It is from Brazil’s Port Alegre base that Coutinho is keeping in touch with movements back in Spain and England.
Now he could be prepared to make a last ditch bid to get the deal done by appealing directly to manager Klopp himself.
While Liverpool looked fine without him in their 4-0 win on Sunday it was only against Arsenal.
It is understandable that Klopp is fighting to keep one of his best players.
But the question remains as to how much he will get out of him if he is denied his dream move to the Nou Camp.
This could be Countinho’s only chance to get the transfer with Barcelona always quick to move on to other options as they look to spend the money from Neymar’s world record £198million move to Paris Saint Germain.
Winger Ousmane Dembele has already joined the Catalan giants in a £138m move from Borussia Dortmund.
