LFC transfer talks "ongoing" with crucial breakthrough now very close

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Liverpool are set to see their first offer for Bradley Barcola rejected, a new claim suggests, as this summer saga continues to twist and turn. After moving on from the Yan Diomande pursuit, Liverpool turned their attention to Barcola, but between his involvement at the FIFA World Cup in North America with France and PSG’s extremely high £145m valuation, this is not a simple transfer to complete by any means.

The Barcola saga continues to drag on as Fabrizio Romano warned on Sunday evening, and now a new claim suggests that Liverpool will see their first bid for Barcola rejected by PSG. Liverpool will struggle to meet PSG’s new £120m demand for Barcola While reports initially suggested that PSG had set a £145m asking price for Barcola, that stance has seemingly softened as they are now asking for £120m.

There’s optimism, I think, on Liverpool’s side that the deal can be done, especially now if they’ve got the thumbs up from the player’s side that he would be keen to make that move to Anfield, and that’s big factor in it.” O’Rourke added in Football Insider‘s latest update: “Talks will be ongoing between Liverpool and PSG, and they’re preparing a first bid. “And obviously if PSG bring in Magnes Akliouche from Monaco, then maybe that could free up space to allow them to let Barcola to move on.” Michael first started supporting Liverpool after Istanbul in 2006.