Liverpool have not been distracted by the ongoing saga of Philippe Coutinho wanting to move to Barcelona, according to Jordan Henderson.

The captain said the players had not discussed Coutinho’s desire to leave Anfield and Liverpool’s insistence that the Brazilian would stay beyond the end of the transfer window which closes on Thursday night.

Liverpool have rejected a series of huge bids from Barcelona for their playmaker, the third and highest of which has been £115.3 million, which would amount to the most ever received by a British club for a player.

A fourth bid may be lodged this week following the completion of Barcelona’s deal to bring in French forward Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund for an initial fee of £97million, which will rise significantly with add-ons, as they try to shore up the club in the wake of Neymar’s astonishing departure.

Coutinho has submitted a written transfer request and is said by friends to be “sad” and frustrated he has not been granted his dream move but Henderson insisted it had not unsettled the dressing room. The Liverpool captain said: “As players and professionals, you expect things to happen, especially when transfer windows are open and stuff like that. That’s the nature of football at times. You’ve got to get on with it.