Barcelona are going cold on Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho.

That's the claim of Spanish expert Guillem Balague, who is also the biographer of Lionel Messi and Pep Guardiola.

He told Sky Sports: "His entourage is working to see him go to Camp Nou.

"(But) there are several reasons why Barça will not go looking for him.

"The first is the price and afterwards they think he is more an attacker than a midfielder."