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Luis Suarez says Philippe Coutinho would be welcomed at Barcelona, as the Catalan club bid to bring the Brazilian to Camp Nou next month.

Liverpool stood firm after Barca made three offers for their playmaker, despite the player handing in a transfer request.

Yet that won’t deter the La Liga leaders in January, with the club expected to launch another attempt to take Coutinho from the Reds.

Suarez, a close friend of Coutinho from his time at Anfield, has spoken on his belief both the 25-year-old, and Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann, would fit in at Barcelona.

“Both Griezmann and Coutinho are elite players that are playing at the top level,” Suarez told Spanish radio. “They are where they are for a reason.

“They’re both young and have long careers ahead of them. And Barca always want the best players.

“If you look at (Greizmann), at Atletico he needs to play with a no.9.

“He’s not a fixed no.9. Obviously, Griezmann would come here to add to the team and to help the side in the position that the coach wants him to play in.”

Suarez’s comments come just a day after Coutinho’s future was discussed by both the player himself and his manager, Jurgen Klopp.

Following a fine performance in Liverpool’s 4-0 win at Bournemouth, Coutinho was asked about the speculation linking him to Barcelona.

“I always say the same thing,” he said. “I’m trying to enjoy the moment, I like to play football and every time when I go on the pitch I try to play my best so I enjoy the moment.”

Klopp, meanwhile, would not be drawn on what the future holds.

“It has nothing to do with that and we have nothing to say,” he said. “Nothing positive and nothing negative, until something happens.

“But that’s still a few weeks or months to go.”