This winter, the Brazilian midfielder made a long-awaited transfer to Barcelona worth 142 million euros.

According to the head coach of the "red" Jurgen Klopp, he decided to release Coutinho in January, as he saw no other way out.

"I knew that in the nearest transfer window, Barcelona would again try to acquire Philippe. If we did what we could do, they said: "You have a contract and you stay here" - nothing good would come of it ".

"I had to decide: does it make sense to do this and use Coutinho in the second half of the season? Can he continue to help us? To be honest, the answer was clear by one hundred percent - there was no chance of such a thing".

"He was no longer ready to play for us. He did a fantastic job in the first half of the season, but now it's time to let him go, "said Klopp.

Earlier, Coutinho said he would not leave Liverpool for another club, if it was not Barcelona.