Philippe Coutinho furious with Jurgen Klopp

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Bengaluru, March 5: Barcelona star Philippe Coutinho, who made his mega-money move from Liverpool in January, has reportedly vented his fury at former club boss after Jurgen Klopp claimed he did not follow orders at Anfield.

The Brazil international quit Liverpool for Barcelona in January, completing a long-awaited £142m move to the Nou Camp.

The Reds like many felt have not suffered in his absence, with the likes of Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane continuing to shine and the likes of Oxlade-Chamberlain and James Milner picking up their game.

Klopp discussed Firmino taking on Coutinho's role as Liverpool's talisman this week, saying: "That is completely normal. You saw our games when Phil came deep in centre mid. We didn’t want him to come deep all the time to be honest, it was more of a natural thing.

"You want him to be a 10, but with Phil we were giving him a four-yard pass and you don’t need that. Now we don’t have this dominant player – 'Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me’ – that’s how it is.

"I don’t want to this to be misunderstood. It was really good, that’s why Phil is the player he is, but now we we cannot do that any more, it makes us a little bit more unpredictable."

Reports in Spain suggest that Klopp's comments has angered Coutinho and he has texted his former Liverpool teammates about it.

According to Don Balon, the playmaker is 'tremendously angry' and has sent messages to some of his former Liverpool team-mates.

It is claimed that he told them he played that way because Klopp had told him to do so.

Don Balon indicate relations between Coutinho and Klopp were frosty even before this week's comments.

They hint that Klopp was unhappy about Coutinho jumping ship after he'd said the Brazilian would stay at Anfield.