Barcelona chief: Liverpool offered us Coutinho for 200 million Euro

The director of sporting institutional relations at La Liga giants Barcelona has this morning confirmed that the club were offered a 200 million Euro deal for long-term target Philippe Coutinho.

In pursuit

Barca’s chase of Liverpool star man Coutinho was one of the talking points of the summer transfer window, with the Reds having rejected a number of big-money Blaugrana bids for the Brazilian.

Jurgen Klopp and co. had remained adamant throughout the saga that Coutinho was not for sale at any price, though it has today been revealed that the 25-year-old did indeed have a price-tag, albeit a monumental one.