According to reports, Jurgen Klopp told Philippe Coutinho back in 2016 that Liverpool can become a heavyweight in European football and Brazilian star could have been the symbol of that rising,
report claims.
Klopp was sure that in the future the dominance of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich would come to its end, but Coutinho decided to join Catalan team year later.
Former-Liverpool star wasn’t able to play for his new team in UCL, but Barcelona surprisingly lost to Roma in quarterfinals, while Liverpool, with their new symbol Mohamed Salah, is closer to their first final since 2005.