Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on Friday said there is no pressure to sell Philippe Coutinho following the club's £75 million purchase of Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk.
The Reds agreed that world-record fee for a defender on Wednesday, prompting questions about whether the move will pave Coutinho's way to Barcelona, who failed in an attempt to sign the midfielder in the summer. However, Klopp said the club is not operating on a sell-to-buy basis.
"No, nobody told me that [I would have to sell Coutinho]," he said, per Dom Farrell of Goal.