Paris St Germain Training - Stadion Salzburg - Tuesday August 11th
Paris Saint-Germain’s Bradley Barcola during a training session at Stadion Salzburg, ahead of the UEFA Super Cup which takes place on Wednesday. Picture date: Tuesday August 11, 2026. (Photo by Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images)
Bradley Barcola, then at Paris Saint-Germain, was one of the transfer targets that Bayern Munich director of sport Max Eberl wanted to sign for the Rekordmeister but the club missed out to Liverpool. The 53-year-old revealed in an interview with Sport Bild that it wasn’t his first time trying to bring Barcola to the club he works for.
“To be honest, I have known Bradley since my time at Leipzig,” Eberl said (as captured by X account @iMiaSanMia). “I wanted to bring him to RBL [RB Leipzig]. We sat down together at the time and discussed it. That gave me a closer connection to Bradley. So there had always been interest.
“Naturally, we also considered Bradley at Bayern. But when you hear figures like that, it was simply too much for us. With Luis Díaz, we made a decision that was also costly, but on a completely different scale compared to Bradley. On top of that, Díaz is a player that people come to the stadium to watch. We are extremely happy with him.”
Despite the Colombian’s popularity and impact at the club, the Bavarians tried to sign a left winger in the summer to support him but were unable to sign someone.
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