Liverpool will not sign a Philippe Coutinho replacement in January confirms Jurgen Klopp
With only two days of the window left, Klopp revealed no one else will join
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool will not replace Philippe Coutinho during the January transfer, manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed.
The Brazilian, who made his Barcelona debut this week following his £142m move earlier in January, left a large hole on the left-hand side of the Reds’ attack for the remainder of the season.
Thomas Lemar was among the favourites to be brought in, while Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez was also considered.
The transfer window closes at 11pm on Wednesday and despite two defeats, Klopp was insistent that nothing would happen in the next two days.
“Phil Coutinho is not to (be) replaced in this transfer window,” Klopp said. “Why pay Barca a big amount of money for a player like Phil Coutinho because he's pretty rare?
“We can stop thinking about it. It's not about replacing anybody, it's about using our own opportunities, tools, players, tactics, formations, all that stuff. Yes if you like we didn't play well at Swansea but a few days earlier we played brilliantly against Man City.
“But of course we could have won at Swansea and the same with the last game against Man City. It doesn't say anything about the performances only the results were not good enough but we could have won these games.
“It was not about creating chances it was about different stuff, different things... I don't think Phil would have helped a lot in this situations. He's a fantastic player but that was not the problem.
“We have to find immediately (a way back) to the winning track, we need results to reach our targets, we know that. The solution is not out there in the transfer market on this moment. We always have open eyes in situations like that but it is not that there is something out there for us to get.”
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