Fotballklær barn With plenty of time still to go, it’s pretty difficult to sum up how Liverpool’s summer transfer window has gone so far.On the one hand, they’ve signed Dominic Solanke, £10 million left-back Andy Robertson and the marquee signing of talented winger Mohamed Salah from Roma for £36.9 million.However, on the other, they were forced to apologise for their pursuit of Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk and are still no closer to a deal with RB Leipzig for midfielder Naby Keita.SIGN UP NOWDo YOU want to write for GiveMeSport? Sign up now and submit a 250-word test article: http://gms.to/haveyoursay4
As Liverpool prepare for next season, beginning with the crucial Champions League play-off games, one man they certainly can’t afford to lose is Philippe Coutinho.The Brazilian playmaker has been the club’s best player under Jurgen Klopp and is a target for Barcelona, but the Reds manager has insisted he will not be sold.Klopp on Barca’s bid for CoutinhoCoutinho only signed a new five-year contract in January but was subject of a reported £72 million bid from Barcelona.
Speaking about the offer, Klopp told Liverpool Echo: «Everything I say (with regards to player transfers) comes back from the owners.»The 50-year-old conitnued: «Yes, I would say (Coutinho doesn’t have a price). It’s very clear. He’s not for sale. What else can I say?»Klopp reacts to world-record Neymar offerBarca may have Coutinho on their radar, but they have bigger issues to deal with at the moment after reports emerged this week that Neymar is ready to leave the Nou Camp.The 25-year-old, who has scored 105 goals in 186 games for the Catalans since joining from Santos in 2013, could make a sensational move to Paris Saint-Germain.
The French club, who failed to win Ligue 1 last season for the first time since the 2011-12 campaign, are willing to meet his huge€222 million release clause.As Klopp tends to do with most things, he has reacted to this in brutally honest fashion and said what most people are thinking with regards to the craziness of transfer fees in the current market.In response to the reports of Neymar’s astronomical proposed move to PSG, for a fee which works out at around £197 million, Klopp said: «There are so many rumours around.
«Only one of them is the Coutinho rumour.If Neymar (to PSG) is not a rumour then pffff, it’s more than the next level. It’s really not from this planet anymore.»Really? 222 million euros? I can’t believe that something like this would happen. But if it does happen, then it changes everything actually.»Crazy transfer windowLiverpool broke their club record to sign Salah, meanwhile, Manchester United spent an initial £75 million on Romelu Lukaku and Arsenal paid £46.5 million for Alexandre Lacazette.If that wasn’t enough, Kyle Walker joined Manchester City for a fee in excess of £45 million,and champions Chelsea have forked out around £135 million to get Antonio Rudiger, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Alvaro Morata.
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