Players’ valuations often soar after a stellar showing for their countries.
Manchester United made Rio Ferdinand the most expensive defender in football when they poached him from Leeds for £30million in 2002.
David Villa joined Barcelona after his heroics for Spain eight years later, while Real Madrid paid a huge £60m to sign James Rodriguez in 2014.
And Diario Gol say Coutinho feared Liverpool would price him out of any potential Barcelona move.
Meanwhile, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp recently admitted he hopes Coutinho has no regrets about his Barcelona move.
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He said: “Hopefully Phil does not have regrets because we wish him all the best.
“I never said that we would be stronger without him because he is a world-class player with a world-class future.
“I would love to have him around at this moment, but we had to decide.
“When it became clear that we could sell him in the window then we had to do the deal and find other solutions.
“I just thank God that the rest of the boys have worked really well together."