While interest in Bradley Barcola is likely to be met only with disappointment, Liverpool are interested in the 22-year-old French star.
While Liverpool appear on the verge of submitting, a second bid for Alexander Isak, there is an emerging conversation for the need for a third attacking signing.
The lack of attacking options on Arne Slot’s bench was exposed on Sunday for the Community Shield.
Whether or not there is budget for another high profile attacker in addition to a centre-back signing is another conversation entirely.
Recently, French football expert Fabrice Hawkins reported that if a club wants to sign Bradley Barcola two conditions must be met.
They must pay £87m and the player must personally request to leave.
By all accounts – Barcola is happy at PSG so that condition is particularly tricky.
Fabrizio Romano Liverpool “could consider” a move for a player like Barcola
Paris Saint-Germain have all the power in this scenario. Only Barcola has any power to make a transfer happen and he is quite happy at PSG after the club won the Champions League.
He was a key player for Luis Enrique with his 21 goals and 21 assists – an obvious representation of his rare balance between goalscoring and playmaking. Barcola is a very unique player and so PSG are understandably unwilling to fascilitate this move.
“In case this is a story that doesn’t work for whatever reason, in case Newcastle don’t open the doors, Liverpool could consider to bring in a different type of player, it could be a winger,” Romano spoke on the Here We Go Podcast on YouTube.
“A player they like for sure is Bradley Barcola at PSG. Who doesn’t like Barcola? One of the best players in the world, probably among the top five or seven in his position.
“A fantastic, fantastic winger. But don’t forget PSG in this one. We have many reports over the week, but what I can guarantee to you is that PSG are prepared to offer him a really important contract extension with big money in terms of salary and with the intention of everyone at PSG.
“When I say everyone, I mean the coach Luis Enrique (doing a very good job with the player in recent years), the director Luis Campos (the man who signed Barcola), also the chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi (who wants Barcola for this French project of PSG).”