Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool are focused on their opening Premier League fixture against Watford before thinking about the important Champions League qualifying game against Hoffenheim next Tuesday.
Despite some injury concerns Klopp gave an upbeat summary of preparations for the new campaign and said Liverpool are "in a good shape."
But he did not make any specific reference to Coutinho, who continues to be linked with Barcelona, and left a news conference before it was opened up for questions.
Liverpool completed their preseason matches by beating Athletic Bilbao 3-1 in Dublin on Saturday, with Coutinho one of a number of players missing due to illness and injury.
Klopp said on Wednesday: "When we finished last season in fourth position everybody was really happy about it -- it was really a good result for a big effort.
"We knew also there would be a qualification game, and now it is coming up. But the first challenge we have to face is playing Watford, even though everybody is thinking about the Champions League qualifiers.
"So Watford is the first target, and we have a few more days to prepare for this game.
"We are in a good shape. The players are in a good mood, the attitude in all the training sessions was really good -- yes, there have been one or two little injuries and one bigger [Adam Lallana's thigh problem], but that is how life is.
"We showed it in Dublin again that we are in a good shape. So everything is in a good way -- but of course now we have to deliver, and we know that, so we are ready for it.
"The freshness is coming back. We are really excited."
Liverpool begin their Premier League campaign by taking on Watford away on Saturday, then travel to Germany for Tuesday's Champions League qualifying playoff first leg against Hoffenheim.
At Wednesday's news conference to announce Western Union as their shirt sleeve sponsor for the next five years, Liverpool's commercial director Olly Dale was asked about the club possibly striking naming rights deals.
He said one for the training ground could happen "at some stage in the future maybe," while emphasising Liverpool are "not an organisation that is in the marketplace for a stadium naming rights deal."
Dale also said a naming rights deal for the Main Stand at Anfield was "not an immediate priority."