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Jurgen Klopp says he is confident Philippe Coutinhos future is at Liverpool despite renewed links with Barcelona. Coutinho has five Premier League goals already this season and enhanced his reputation during the international break with a long-range strike for Brazil against Argentina.His performances earned praise this week from Nou Camp great Xavi, who said there are not many better midfield players in Europe and suggested he would suit Barcelonas philosophy well. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd-Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price But Klopp does not anticipate Coutinho or any of his stars jumping ship while Liverpool remain on the upward curve that has taken them top of the league with 11 games played.At this moment I am not worried about anything, the Reds boss said. The players like to be here and it is our job to make sure it stays like this.My opinion is that he feels really well here. We all hope and think that his future is here at Liverpool. It is creating the perspective that no-one wants to leave. That is all it is about. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed Adam Lallana has had a scan on a groin injury and is not sure if he will be fit to play former club Southampton If there is a club that can pay double what we pay then I will bring the player there because who am I to say no, no no, please dont think about the family and the kids and the grandkids and their kids, but I dont know a lot of clubs in the world who are able to do this.First of all before we talk about money we have to create an atmosphere in and around the club where no-one wants to leave. Liverpool 6-1 Watford Klopp is predicting even more to come from Coutinho at Anfield, and he said: Everyone forgets he is still very young. He is 24 so he has a lot of space for improvement and development.He is now at an age where the skills, in a mixture with his experience, gives you more consistency. With the team-mates he has around him it is getting better and better. I am sure he has only started and that is all good.Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price! Also See: Liverpool video Liverpool fixtures Liverpool stats Get a ￡10 free bet! . -- David Price didnt think he would be in Port Charlotte this spring. . The 40-year-old midfielder was put in charge on Tuesday when David Moyes reign ended after 10 months with the defending champions in seventh place in the English Premier League. . The kind he has every so often. The kind he has when Dwyane Wade sits. James scored 43 points -- 25 in a bewildering first-quarter shooting display -- and Chris Bosh added 21, leading the Miami Heat to a 100-96 win Tuesday night over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who played their first game without injured All-Star guard Kyrie Irving. . She was 30. The former British No. 1 died peacefully surrounded by family and friends, the Womens Tennis Association said on its website. The Kyiv-born Baltacha, who represented Britain at the 2012 London Olympics, was diagnosed with the illness in January, two months after retiring from tennis and only weeks after she married her long-time coach Nino Severino. . Mike Vecchione tied it at 2 with 4:01 left in the first, Saskatoon native Eli Lichtenwald gave the Dutchman the lead 57 seconds later, and Daniel Ciampini capped the spree with 2:57 to go.Ever since Curtis Lazar moved into the Phillips family home last weekend, the Internet has been filled with jokes and one-liners about the unique living arrangement. The @Capital_Gaines65 Twitter account received a lot of notoriety for its fake picture of Phillips giving Lazar a piggyback ride in the park. The two are often viewed as having a father-son relationship - in the same way that Daniel Alfredsson and Erik Karlsson were portrayed a few years ago. And now a new Twitter account has been created that is a parody of the texts that Chris Phillips allegedly sends to Curtis Lazar on a daily basis. The description of the @phillipstexts account is: These are texts from Chris Phillips to his young houseguest Curtis Lazar. @phillipstexts has taken off in the last 48 hours, quickly gaining over 1,000 followers -- including Lazar, who started following the account himself last night. I looked at my feed and saw that a couple of people were re-tweeting it. I didnt think much of it, but now it seems like its really taking off and I cant help but laugh at it, Lazar told me today. The two of us are getting a pretty good laugh out of it. Heres a sampling of some of the @phillipstexts tweets -- with all of them poking fun of Phillips age: @phillipstexts: hey have you seen my palm pilot @phillipstexts: missing a couple friends dvds in case u have them. season 3 @phillipstexts: what does yolo mean @phillipstexts: just fyi for next time the #1 dad mug is not 4 guests. lol ur not even a dad... r u @phillipstexts: r u out with karl?? as ur mentor i should kno if ur out with karl @phillipstexts: because i wld love to go out with karl sometime Lazar told me this morning that those last two tweets above were his favourite so far. But how does Phillips feel about being portrayed as the old man who texts a bunch non-sensical stuff to a teammate almost half his age? There are a lot of creative people out there.dddddddddddd What can you do, but laugh? I think its pretty funny, Phillips said with a big smile today. It sounds like Ive got one foot in the grave and Im 36 years old. But I guess when you look at the difference in our ages it makes for a good joke. It definitely makes me feel a little older than I am. Phillips wife Erin has been getting a good laugh from the account and so too have a handful of teammates. Even Bobby Ryan started following the account on Twitter yesterday and this has the potential to become Ottawas version of the @boringmonohan account that has brought a lot of laughs to Flames fans. There is also a parody account showing the texts going back the other way -- from Lazar to Phillips. @curtistxtschris doesnt have quite the same following, but Phillips told me he got a real kick out of the following fake text: @curtistxtschris: Got your note in the kitchen about leaving the milk out. Not sure what an icebox is though, just gonna put in fridge for now. The question now is who is behind the @phillipstexts account. Lazar said the first thing he did was check to see who the first couple of people that @phillipstexts was following - because that is often a dead giveaway of who really is behind the account. If thats the case, @wtyky, @bonksmullet and @senschirp are three prime candidates. The theory was also floated out by Patrick Wiercioch that perhaps the account is being run by a teammate inside the dressing room. A couple of years ago, several Sens teammates were in on a parody account of former player Jim OBrien. But this time around, Lazar isnt so sure thats the case with this @phillipstexts handle. The rumour floating around is that its somebody inside the dressing room, but I really dont think theres anyone in here who is smart enough to come up with some of those tweets. ' ' '
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