‘Deal in place’ – PSG attacker closing in on summer transfer as Liverpool watch on
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Atletico Madrid have completed a €40m [£34.2m] deal to sign PSG attacker Kang-in Lee this summer.DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAYFabrizio Romano reports on X (formerly Twitter) that ‘formal steps’ are set to follow.The 25-year-old attacker registered nine goal contributions (four goals and five assists) in 39 appearances across all competitions in 2025/26.Could Liverpool have turned to Kang-in Lee?Were the Merseysiders not currently in pursuit of France international Bradley Barcola to bolster the wings, there’s every possibility Lee could have been looked at as a squad option. 🚨🔴⚪️ Kang-in Lee and Atlético Madrid, deal at final stages with Paris Saint-Germain.
Final details being sorted and then time for here we go, Atléti want to close the agreement shortly. pic.twitter.com/0q2qatB3Jh — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 6, 2026 🚨🔴⚪️ Kang-in Lee to Atlético Madrid, here we go! Deal worth around €40m from PSG as personal terms have been agreed months ago, Kang-in wanted Atlético move. 🇰🇷 Formal steps to follow but verbal agreement done. @FabriceHawkins #atleti pic.twitter.com/hS8RbYTs7f — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 6, 2026Able to play across the forward line and as an attacking midfielder, the Ligue 1 star would have represented an extremely positionally versatile transfer target.Want more Empire of the Kop coverage?
However, even should the Reds manage to secure the signing of the left-sided winger this summer, it still leaves us looking rather short up top.Liverpool desperately need depth that Barcola alone won’t provideThere’s no question in our minds that the Frenchman would be a marvellous injection of elite quality.But we have to point out again, for the umpteenth time, that Bradley Barcola is naturally a left-sided winger (although he can play on the right). More to the point, even assuming we were prepared to go with a front-three consisting of Rio Ngumoha, Alexander Isak and Barcola, with the versatile Victor Munoz and Cody Gakpo surfing across where needed, does that not feel quite bare?This is where Kang-in Lee – or a profile similar to the PSG star – might come quite in handy, if Liverpool were forced down the route of pursuing a comparatively cheaper option, like Crysencio Summerville or Yankuba Minteh.