Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said the club "could not afford" to bring Philippe Coutinho back from Barcelona this summer following the Brazilian's loan move to Bayern Munich.
Coutinho joined Bayern in a season-long loan from Barca on Monday. The German club will pay his full salary and a loan fee of €8.5 million (£7.8 million), and they'll have the option to buy him at the end of the season for €120 million (£110 million).
Klopp stopped short of confirming whether the Reds wanted to bring him back to Anfield, but he told Goal and Spox: "It sounds a bit strange, but we could not afford it.