Liverpool have confirmed that Fabinho will not travel with the squad for their pre-season tour of Germany.
The Brazil midfielder has been offered the chance to move to Saudi Arabia with league champions Al Ittihad, who have already recruited Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kante and Jota this summer.
It was reported earlier this week that Fabinho is keen to make the move to the Middle East.
Liverpool named their 32-man squad on Saturday morning and there was no sign of Fabinho, who has been left at home while talks continue behind the scenes.
Interestingly, fellow midfielder Jordan Henderson has travelled despite receiving his own offer from Saudi Arabia.
Henderson has been targeted by Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard, who is currently in charge of Al Ettifaq, and is understood to be considering making the move despite Jurgen Klopp's desire to keep his captain around.
Liverpool pre-season squad
Goalkeepers: Alisson, Adrian, Caoimhin Kelleher, Marcelo Pitaluga, Vitezslav Jaros, Fabian Mrozek
Defenders: Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Kostas Tsimikas, Andy Robertson, Joel Matip, Nat Phillips, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Conor Bradley, Jarell Quansah, Calum Scanlon
Midfielders: Thiago, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Jordan Henderson, Stefan Bajcetic, Bobby Clark, Melkamu Frauendorf, James McConnell
Forwards: Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Diogo Jota, Ben Doak, Lewis Koumas
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