Liverpool is still expected to have a busy last few weeks of the summer transfer window while the Saga drags from Alexander Isak, with alternatives mentioned while Newcastle Hold Firm
Former Arsenal and Chelsea -Spits Olivier Giroud greeted the attitude of Bradley Barcola, the PSG star linked to a move to Liverpool. The Reds have all been rejected on Alexander Isak, despite seeing an £ 110 million bid, but Kop leaders are also big fans of the 22-year-old.
Barcola joined PSG in 2023 and took on the intimidating task to replace his fellow countryman Kylian Mbappe, when he left for Real Madrid last summer – a responsibility that he was certainly not divorced. While Barcola was involved in a permanent battle for a starting place under Luis Enrique, he scored 21 goals and took 19 assists in all competitions when PSG won Ligue 1 and the Champions League last season.
French Outlet L'Equipe has claimed that Liverpool likes to be on Barcola, but Mirror Football understands that although there is admiration in Anfield, there will currently be no movement.
Liverpool urges Isak, while Paris Saint -Germain is not willing to let him leave this summer, anyway – while Barcola itself does not insist to move.
Suggestions that he could be an alternative to Isak – so that Hugo Ekitike can be used exclusively as starting No. 9 – are not the same, whereby Liverpool shows in the past that they will not run to secondary goals if they do not secure their first choice. There is also the issue to give Rio Ngumoha, the 16-year-old sensation, room to grow.
That does not mean that Barcola will not be interesting. And the French icon Giroud gave the young person a glowing recommendation and praised his confidence after Barcola had made a relocation of £ 43.5 million to the French champions.
“He is a shy man in the dressing room,” said Giroud in his column for L'Equipe in April 2024. “But he is very intelligent. You have a number of people who talk a lot. But the man who is shy … They see everything and then, when you give advice to that guy, he knows what to do.
“He has always been discreet off the field. He is someone who speaks little … What surprised me to him, and about the young players of today, is how confident they are during their early training sessions. Especially he.
“From the beginning he showed what he is capable of. You can see the potential. He still has room to grow, but he is already very skilled in dribbling and penetration.”
Former Lyon assistant -manager Franck Passi repeated Giroud's comments that Barcola cuts a reserved nature, but his talent is limitless, just like his adaptability.
“He is a shy man in the dressing room. But he is very intelligent,” Passi told athletics. “You have a few people who talk a lot. But the man who is shy … They see everything and then, if you give advice to that guy, he knows what to do.
“Nowadays, because he is full of confidence, he is able to do other things and show all his skills when cutting. We see his ability for the nearby pole; he can score goals, crossing, can play an important pass. He can do anything.”
With Darwin Nunez on the edge of a move to Al-Hilal, Luis Diaz was already left for Bayern Munich and the early tragic death of Diogo Jota, there is a need for attacking reinforcements in Anfield.
The future of Harvey Elliott and Federico Chiesa are also questioning.