**Liverpool are aiming to bring Bradley Barcola to Anfield before the summer transfer window slams shut, with reports from Fabrizio Romano suggesting [a contract has already been agreed with the player](https://live4liverpool.com/liverpool-reach-personal-terms-agreement-with-bradley-barcola-as-official-talks-with-psg-continue-over-145m-fee/).**
Former England and Tottenham winger Chris Waddle has advised Barcola to pick Liverpool over Arsenal, amid claims that the Gunners are interested in hijacking a move to sign the 23-year-old.
Waddle said: _“If I was advising Bradley Barcola, I’d be telling him he should go to Liverpool because he’s going to have more license to play his own game for Liverpool under Andoni Iraola to go and do what he does, because that’s why people want to spend all that money to sign him._
_“At Paris Saint-Germain, he gets the ball and he takes on his full-back, but if he played for Arsenal, Mikel Arteta would probably be too worried about him losing the ball. Suddenly, he’s lost 50% or 75% of his game._
_“If he plays for Liverpool, Iraola is going to want him to play his game, take on the full-back, run at people and create danger. That’s too much of a risk for a manager like Arteta. If I was Barcola and I was picking between the two, I’d go to Liverpool.”_
Barcola would unlock his full potential at Liverpool under Andoni Iraola
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If Barcola had joined Liverpool last summer when they first tried to sign him, he would have definitely done better than Cody Gakpo, but he would have suffered the same fate Mohamed Salah did by being shackled by high defensive responsibilities.
Under Iraola, however, it’s likely that Barcola, along with Alexander Isak, will be the most advanced player on the pitch.
When tactical experts talk about Iraola’s football, they like to use a new buzzword: ‘verticality.’ Really, all it means is going from defence to offence with speed. Barcola is arguably the best player in the world at stretching defences.
Between his rapid pace and ability to beat fullbacks and centre-backs in 1v1 scenarios, Liverpool would flourish with the French winger in their team.
Of course, that’s if Liverpool can agree a fee with PSG for his transfer to Anfield.