Bradley Barcola’s Liverpool number revealed – and the reason behind it

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Bradley Barcola has completed his move to Liverpool – where he will wear the No 29 shirt. Instead, Barcola will continue wearing the No 29 shirt be played in at Paris Saint-Germain, which in itself was inspired by ‘The Journey’ mode from the Fifa video games series.

Barcola has been a Liverpool target throughout this summer and wanted a move to Merseyside even while attracting interest from other clubs."I had the chance to play twice in this stadium and I saw the atmosphere and how the fans were behind the Liverpool players,” Barcola said. "When I knew about Liverpool's interest in me, I didn't ask questions and I knew it was a very big club for me."Barcola continues Liverpool’s heavy investment over the past two years, with Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz brought in for more than £100m last summer.Capped 28 times by France, Barcola was part of the PSG side that won back-to-back Champions League crowns in 2025 and 2026, featuring off the bench in both finals."It's a great pride to be able to play for Liverpool.

I'm very happy,” Barcola said."It took a long time but I'm really happy today to be able to play for Liverpool and all I want is to be on the pitch and be able to play."I hope to achieve very big things. It is to do that and to stay in this team in the long term – that's why I signed a long contract – and I hope I can do it."He joins Victor Munoz and Jeremy Jacquet as senior arrivals at Anfield this summer, with the possibility of another winger still to come with the club weighing up whether to let Cody Gakpo join Manchester City.