Philippe Coutinho is still not a Barça player but the club and the Liverpool player are still fully confident that a deal will be done. Barça have reiterated to the player’s representatives that the transfer is still their top priority.
Liverpool are also playing the situation and hoping to up to the tension for Barça to get as high a fee as possible for the player. After several meeting between the two clubs recently, negotiations have slowed recently as Liverpool focus on the start of their league and Champions League campaigns.
Barça hope to step up negotiations again after the second leg of Liverpool’s Champions League qualifier in the hope of reaching a deal.