'No crystal ball' on Philippe Coutinho's Liverpool future admits CEO Peter Moore

The Reds resisted all attempts from Barcelona to prise the Brazilian away from Anfield this summer but they are set to renew their interest again

Philippe Coutinho's future remains firmly up in the air at Anfield (Liverpool FC)

Liverpool's CEO has refused to guarantee that Philippe Coutinho will not be sold in the January transfer window.

The Reds resisted all attempts from Barcelona to prise the Brazilian away from Anfield this summer with the club releasing an official statement to rebuff any further interest from Catalunya.

The man himself has refused to rule out leaving and admitted at his interest in Barca's offer during the summer window.

And Peter Moore admits he doesn't know what next month will bring as regards the club's star player.

"We made one statement last year and the player is not for sale and that is the statement the ownership made," he told Sky Sports. "Me adding to that, every day you see stories emanating from Spain that Barcelona, or whomever, are coming back for Philippe Coutinho.

"I saw a player who was delighted to score a hat-trick for his club in front of 54,000 delighted fans on Wednesday night. And anything other than that focus right now is on Sunday and then we have West Brom, and it is all about Philippe on the pitch right now.

"As far as I am concerned, the squad we have right now is the squad we are going to go into January with. And I do not have a crystal ball, so I do not know what is going to happen.

"But Philippe Coutinho is a dedicated, intense Liverpool player right now that is delivering."


 Coutinho scored a first Reds hat-trick against Spartak Moscow 
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Manager Jurgen Klopp remains defiant and insisted in his pre-match press conference ahead of the match with Everton that nothing has changed behind the scenes.

"Nobody has come to me and said: 'Phil, he will be away in January'. I'm completely fine with the situation," he said.