Liverpool fans will be hoping Coutinho – who was a big player for them once upon a time – won’t sign for their bitter rivals Manchester United for obvious reasons.
And the Anfield club will be hoping the same, but for slightly different reasons.
When Coutinho was sold to Barcelona, a number of clauses were included in the deal.
The first of these would see Liverpool earn £4.4million every 25 league games Coutinho played for the Catalan club up to 100.
The first of these was triggered quite recently, with Coutinho having currently turned out 34 times in La Liga for the Spanish club.
The second clause saw Barcelona pay Liverpool £4.4million after qualifying for the Champions League last season. They will pay the same amount to the Red should they repeat the feat this year – but only if Coutinho is in the team.
And finally, Barcelona agreed to pay £4.4million to Liverpool if they won the Champions League; but again, only with Coutinho in the squad.
Should the Brazilian leave Barcelona this January then the Reds will miss out on a whopping £22million owed to them, making his possible move to Manchester United a disaster all round.