Jurgen Klopp: 'Philippe Coutinho not distracted by rumours'

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has claimed that Philippe Coutinho is "smart enough" to ignore speculation linking him with a move to Barcelona.

  "They are professional football players. Sometimes they are in the middle of the story and sometimes they are sat next to the guy in the dressing room who is in the middle of the story," he told reporters. "These young boys are used to this from a really early age and are used to ignoring things around them. If they are smart enough they ignore most of it. "All the stories around are no problem. This story is not around since yesterday. It has been around since the summer and did you at any moment get the impression this team is distracted because of transfer rumours? No. "We are focused on what we have an influence on. All the rest we have to ignore. It is clear there is a lot of excitement around."