In the week there were reports that the Brazilian midfielder of the "reds" agreed the terms of a personal deal with Barcelona and personally negotiates with the leadership of Liverpool about their sale.
The Spanish edition of Sport reported that the Merseyside will not prevent Coutinho's departure if they receive 150 million people, while the "blue garnet" are supposed to pay this amount.
Now the newspaper AS informs that Barcelona will not buy Philippe, because he simply can not afford it. According to the management of the club, the expenditure of so much money on another player can put at risk the financial stability of the club.
AS reports that the Catalans have decided to abandon the purchase of Coutinho and have already found him an alternative in the face of the as-yet-starry playmaker Gremio Arthur.