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Jurgen Klopp is on a mission to realise Liverpool's “dreams” as he insisted that the club wants glory rather than money.

The Reds boss reiterated ahead of Tuesday night's Champions League play-off first leg with Hoffenheim that Philippe Coutinho won't be sold to Barcelona during the current transfer window.

Even if the Catalan giants return with a third bid in excess of £100million it will be rejected as the Brazilian's transfer request has changed nothing.

Klopp says Coutinho, who missed the trip to Germany due to an ongoing back problem, will return to the fold when he's fit to help spearhead their pursuit of silverware.

“If they (Barca) say they will bid whatever we don’t want it. It's a clear message,” Klopp said.

“We don’t want money, we want to invest in the team and have the best team because we have our aims and dreams.”

When Klopp spoke about Coutinho's future being out of his hands after Saturday's 3-3 draw at Watford, some interpreted his words as meaning that either the owners could still decide to cash in or he wanted to off-load the unsettled midfielder.

But the reality is that Klopp was simply making the point that Fenway Sports Group run the club and with them having already publicly declared that Coutinho was staying put, further debate was pointless.

“It is not that I don’t want to speak, it's that I can’t change my answers,” he said.

“If there is an offer for a player and I say ‘no’ for example, the owners may say ‘yes, let’s ask for a number on how much they want to pay.’ And I say, ‘I don’t want to hear it.’ But they say ‘we want to hear it. £50m? £50m cool.'

“So then they sell the player – that is how a club works. That is how it was with Hans-Joachim Watzke at Dortmund. Do you think I said: ‘Bring Nuri Sahin to Real Madrid as quickly as possible?’

“It was not my decision. The player had a contract. They agreed. I don’t ask for things I can’t get and I respect the rules in the game.

“So now if I said 'I'd sell him' and they said 'no, we won’t sell him', it doesn’t make sense.

“I have the player from August 31 latest again or when the back issue is sorted. I think I said 'I have bosses, right?' I have many bosses, including my wife. I can live with this, it's no problem. They are 100% clear on it.”

Liverpool will have to negotiate their passage to the group stage without Coutinho.

Klopp is wary of the threat Hoffenheim will pose at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena on Tuesday night.

“This is the strongest qualification round,” he said.

“England play Germany and you can go out against Germany. We were both fourth last season, both strong leagues.

“We want to go to the group stages. That was our target for the whole of last season and we have two steps to go, but the most difficult steps.

“I am really positive and looking forward to the game – even when I know it is really difficult.

“Yes, it's big because we can go in the Champions League. We have already qualified for European competition which we didn't have last year.

“I know now people will say 'Yes but who wants to play in the Europa League?' Manchester United didn't want to play it last year but they won it and now they are in the Champions League.

“We can either allow the pressure on this game to increase over the next 24 hours to the extent that we cannot walk any more or we still try to enjoy this opportunity. I think that is the best way to do it.”