Barcelona appear to have finally admitted defeat in their attempts to prise Philippe Coutinho away from Liverpool.
La Blaugrana are believed to have thrown in the towel over their pursuit of the playmaker, according to Sport, despite their best efforts to persuade the Reds to allow him to leave.
Those claims have been backed up by Guillem Balague, who posted about the deal being dead in the water on his Twitter account late on Friday afternoon.
The news will come as a major blow to both Barcelona and Coutinho, with the latter still holding out hope that a compromise could have been reached between the two clubs over a dream move to Catalunya.