Liverpool Open Talks to Sign Bradley Barcola

Liverpool have opened club-to-club talks with Paris Saint-Germain over a deal to sign Bradley Barcola, according to Fabrizio Romano.

The Reds are desperate to bolster their forward options this summer after losing legendary star Mohamed Salah at the end of last season, while there are question marks over the futures of Cody Gakpo, Harvey Elliott, and Federico Chiesa.

France international Barcola has emerged as the club's top target to be a new marquee option in attack, and an update on their pursuit of the winger has now emerged.

Liverpool and PSG Set for Barcola Talks

Barcola, who has been described as 'phenomenal' by Gianluigi Donnarumma, has emerged as a prime candidate to depart the back-to-back European champions as he looks to play more regular football, with talks over a new contract having failed.

Liverpool have made him their top target, and PSG's valuation is understood to be around £145m. But Liverpool want to lower that price to bring him in, and have intimated that they would be willing to go above €100m (£87m) to get a deal done.

Talks are ongoing between the clubs now, and a deal is on, with Barcola very keen to make the move to Anfield.

Romano has revealed in his latest YouTube video that more talks are planned for this week to find an agreement.

"Next week, new contacts prepared between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain for Bradley Barcola," he said.

"It's not a surprise if you follow the channel, one of the biggest exclusive of the summer, when all people say that Barcola was untouchable for Paris Saint-Germain. I was coming here and telling you, Liverpool are there for Barcola. Liverpool will try for Barcola. Now it's time to make it happen on club side, because the player Barcola wants to go to Liverpool.

"Barcola is more than open to joining Liverpool project. Now it's on club to club. The conversations will continue next week.

"My feeling: this is not going to be something imminent, so I don't expect that he will go on Monday or on Tuesday. There is still work to do between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain, so there is a possibility this is going to be a saga in this summer transfer window.

"But this depends on Liverpool on how much they want to spend. Paris Saint-Germain are open to negotiating, but their conditions are expensive. So negotiations are going to take place for Barcola, but don't forget that the player wants to go to Liverpool, and that Liverpool consider Barcola their top, top target."

Barcola Saga Only Just Starting

After a stellar World Cup in which Barcola reached the semi-finals with France, scoring three goals and registering one assist in eight games, it's no surprise that Liverpool have stepped up their interest in the 23-year-old.

While he is a constant threat with his speed, creativity and skill, Barcola has also been praised by Luis Enrique as being 'the best passer in Ligue 1', which shows how he could fit into Andoni Iraola's attack alongside Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak.

PSG are right to be demanding a huge fee for the winger, especially considering some of the fees we have seen in the market already, but Liverpool will be confident of getting a more realistic number, and this would be a huge coup for the club if they can get it over the line.

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