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Brazil senior national team coach Tite has told midfielder Philippe Coutinho to join whatever club would make him happy and complained that transfer speculation had affected the national squad\u2019s preparations for Thursday\u2019s match against Ecuador.
\nCoutinho has been a subject of transfer rumors as Spanish club Barcelona have been keen on signing him but Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has said he does not want to sell the Brazilian.
\n\u201cI told him (Coutinho) that I want him to go wherever he feels happy,\u201d Tite told a press conference<\/a> ahead of Thursday\u2019s World Cup qualifier in Porto Alegre.
\nCoutinho has not played for Liverpool this season because of injury. However, Tite defended Brazil\u2019s decision to insist that the midfielder travel to South America for the match.
\n\u201cThe Brazilian team doctor has spoken to Liverpool\u2019s doctor and our director with their directors. I haven\u2019t been in touch because I don\u2019t speak English,\u201d he said, adding that Coutinho would not play against Ecuador.
\n\u201cWe are not going to take any risks but, on the other hand, we are not going to do without him in the squad.\u201d
\nThe transfer window closes on Thursday in most European countries and on Friday in Spain.
\n\u201cIt affects us and it will continue affecting us until the end,\u201d said Tite, whose side have already qualified for the World Cup finals.
\n\u201cIt affects the players emotionally. It also affects the coach, who has to take into consideration situations which are nothing to do with the field of play.\u201d
\nTite\u2019s comments chimed with the thoughts of Italy coach Giampiero Ventura, who said this week that the uncertainties caused by the transfer window had hampered his preparations for Italy\u2019s key World Cup qualifier against Spain.<\/p>\n

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