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Jurgen Klopp admits Philippe Coutinho'sLiverpool future is out of his hands – but believes Fenway Sports Group will stand firm in their insistence the Brazilian won't be sold this summer.

Coutinho handed in a transfer request on Friday afternoon mere hours after Reds owners FSG released a strongly-worded statement underlining they will not let him leave during his transfer window.

Liverpool have already turned down two bids from Barcelona for the playmaker, with the Catalans expected to return with a third.

Coutinho missed Saturday's 3-3 draw at Watford and instead trained at Melwood as he continues to nurse a back problem that could keep him out of Tuesday's Champions League qualifying play-off first leg at Hoffenheim.

And while Klopp accepts FSG will have the final say on the Brazilian, he expects the 25-year-old to still be at Anfield after the transfer window closes at the end of the month.

“I've had no time to think about it today,” said the Reds boss. “I had to prepare for a match.

“If I was upset, I'd tell the player himself. I didn't get it (the transfer request) but I can say something that's more important.

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“As a manager of a football club, I have bosses. That decide, for example, just in general, if we sell a player or we don't sell him. Then I have to accept it.

“If they don't sell him, then I am not involved any more. I'm responsible for all of our players, not just one or two or three, but all of them.

“I can't say anything about it, the only thing is I work with the players I have. That's what I'm always doing.

“How can it change something for me? I didn't make the decision.

“You have to ask the club. I didn't see the club insiders today. You have to ask them.

“I don't think (it changes anything). It was pretty clear what the club said about it. That's all.”

Asked if Coutinho had let down his team-mates with his request, Klopp added: “I am not part of the discussion with the group.

“There are enough people who can talk about that. I'm not part of it.”