Barcelona say Liverpool wanted €200m for Philippe Coutinho on deadline day
(KNA) : Barça say ‘after weeks of conversations’ Liverpool made late pitch • Spanish club refused to meet valuation for the Brazil midfielder
Barcelona claim Liverpool made a deadline day attempt to sell Philippe Coutinho for €200m (£183m), which the Spanish club rejected.
Coutinho handed in a transfer request in August in an attempt to force through a move to Barcelona but Liverpool's owner, Fenway Sports Group, was steadfast in its position that the Brazilian was not for sale.
However, the Barcelona director Albert Soler told reporters on Saturday that "after weeks of conversations" Liverpool made a last-ditch attempt to sell the player.
"Liverpool put a price of €200m and that was why we decided to step back," he said. "This club and this president will not put this club's assets at risk like that. Going into the market place with so much money, the financial demands made of us were exorbitant."
Source : The Telegraph