Owners Fenway Sports Group will only sanction the sale of Coutinho if Klopp decides that re-investing the money rather than keeping an unsettled player for the rest of the season is best for the club going forward.
What does the manager favour?
“If I open that door I have to talk about all the rest as well,” he said.
“I don’t want to do that. I never really did that apart from maybe one or two exceptions. My experience is it always punches back so it makes no sense to talk about it. There will always be another story and I’m not the guy who is going to feed the story. My feeling is I’m fine.
“There is no moment in January when I will talk about this. If anything happens to any player, Phil or whoever, we can talk about it but not before.
“The summer was a different situation. Now it is like it is – still rumours, Nike, other people. In the moment when there is something to say I will say it. Before that I am not part of the discussions.