Liverpool are moving from whispers to wiring funds. Bradley Barcola is the target, the left-sided spark who turned minutes into menace for PSG.
At 22, he stacked 42 goal contributions across 64 games last season—14 goals and 11 assists in Ligue 1—yet Luis Enrique often leaned on Désiré Doué, Ousmane Dembélé, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Opportunity lives in that bench.
Sacha Tavolieri, an expert transfer journalist, reports a concrete offer is being readied. The price: at least £87m.
Liverpool have already pushed close to £300m this summer—Florian Wirtz to thread, Jeremie Frimpong to race, Milos Kerkez to cover, Hugo Ekitike to grow—yet they still chase end product on the left after Luis Díaz’s exit and with Darwin Núñez and Federico Chiesa tipped to move.
Arne Slot’s design needs wingers who defend with their feet and attack with their eyes. Barcola fits the mirror: acceleration, one-v-one threat, blind-side runs, and the discipline to press diagonally without emptying the midfield.
He can work both flanks, slide central, and share patterns with Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo while Ekitike learns the lines.
The clock is loud. A league-phase Champions League and a title defence demand depth now, not in September. Liverpool will not buy noise; they will buy purpose.
If PSG hold firm, Isak remains alive in the background. If Paris open the door, Anfield’s summer ends with pace and precision added to its front three.
Group first, then stars. That’s the promise. That’s why the bid is coming.
Hurry matters; windows close faster than plans become real.