Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho could not go to Barcelona because of reluctance of the forward of Bavaria Thomas Muller to join Liverpool.

The transfer saga with the possible transition of Coutinho to Barcelona in the summer off-season ended for the midfielder nothing, but it could have been completely different.

As reported by Sport Bild, the key to the Brazilian deal with the "blue-pomegranate" was Thomas Muller.

According to the publication, Liverpool showed a serious interest in the attacker of Bavaria, while he was ready to release Coutinho to Barcelona in the event of the transfer of Mueller.

Nevertheless, after hearing the offer of the Merseyside, the German forward categorically rejected it, deciding to remain in Bavaria.

Thus Coutinho, who recently confessed that he wanted to move to Barcelona, ??was forced to stay in Liverpool.

On the eve of Philippe as part of the "reds" dueled the FA Cup against Leicester, in which his team lost with a score of 0: 2.