Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted Friday he had no option but to allow Philippe Coutinho to join Barcelona, refusing to rule out an exit for striker Daniel Sturridge during the January transfer window. Brazil international Coutinho joined the Spanish giants earlier this week for 160 million euros ($194 million, £142 million) after failing to force through the move during the summer transfer window. “I knew there was a moment when it would come up again in this transfer window and it came up massively. “That is part of the transfer window so I have nothing to say about it,” he said. But this week Leipzig again told Liverpool he would not be arriving before next season.

Source: Punch January 12, 2018 15:22 UTC