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Everyone’s got a theory about what Liverpool are doing at Camp Nou

Published 20:35 6 Dec 2016 GMT

Tom Victor
Everyone’s got a theory about what Liverpool are doing at Camp Nou

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In case you hadn't heard, Liverpool are not involved in European competition this season.

That means the Premier League title contenders have a few days off before their match against West Ham United on Sunday, and they have taken the opportunity to watch a Champions League game without any added pressure. With most of Tuesday night's games acting as relative dead rubbers, Jürgen Klopp decided to take his squad and backroom staff to Camp Nou for Barcelona's game against Borussia Mönchengladbach. https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/806220056241831937 Four wins out of five before the visit of the Bundesliga team meant Barcelona were already through as group winners, meaning attention turned to why Klopp and co might have chosen this particular game. In light of some recent rumours about Philippe Coutinho, some Liverpool fans began to fear the worst. And it wasn't just Reds supporters jumping to that conclusion. https://twitter.com/Tea_Beer_LFC/status/806225867525550084 https://twitter.com/RyanHughes99/status/806225402322710528 https://twitter.com/ka92010rock/status/806220736725532672 Of course, not everyone is that pessimistic, and some were daring to dream that one former Liverpool favourite might be the centre of attention. https://twitter.com/RobboLFCx/status/806220318104817664 https://twitter.com/bmwm5400/status/806220643389894656 And the rest... https://twitter.com/shuhaag/status/806220588058574852 A more realistic explanation might be nothing to do with any of Barcelona or Liverpool's squad members, but rather one of the German club's starting XI. Mahmoud Dahoud has been heavily linked with a move to Anfield in the past, so was this all about the Germany Under-21 international? https://twitter.com/IndigoFX_/status/806220988409061376 But Klopp might have competition for his compatriot. https://twitter.com/DaireDoyle/status/806228341435092992 https://twitter.com/Fringix/status/806229771608870912 Anyway, we're probably overreacting. Our guess is Klopp just wanted to treat his players to some slightly warmer weather than what they can expect back on Merseyside. Catch up with this week's episode of Football Friday Live