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title: "Barcelona eye second Coutinho bid to try and keep Neymar"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/news/barcelona-eye-second-coutinho-bid-to-try-and-keep-neymar/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ryan Darby"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2017-07-23T10:14:57Z"
modified: "2017-07-23T10:14:57Z"
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# Barcelona eye second Coutinho bid to try and keep Neymar

Barcelona are eyeing a second, improved bid for Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho in an attempt to keep Neymar at the club.

The [Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4720362/Barcelona-resigned-losing-Neymar-PSG.html) reports that the Catalan side believe bringing Neymar’s Brazilian international team-mate to the club could increase their chances of keeping the winger at the Nou Camp.

Neymar is being linked with a stunning £196 million move to Paris-Saint Germain this summer.

The winger is said to be unhappy at being the only Brazilian first-team player at the club with Rafinha also being linked with a move away from Barcelona.

Various reports suggest that he has even told some team-mates that he will be joining the French side this summer.

Barcelona have already failed with one bid for Coutinho this summer, after earmarking the player as a long-term replacement for Andreas Iniesta.

Jurgen Klopp has already tried to play down reports linking Coutinho with a move away from the club, claiming the player is happy at the club and in the city.