Rousing the Kop

Liverpool may have to settle for only one of Bradley Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye as PSG refuse to budge

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Photo Credit: Getty Images/Sarah Stier/FIFA After both players were left out of Paris Saint-Germain’s Trophees des Champions defeat against Lens on Sunday, rumours that they will soon be joining Liverpool have accelerated.But according to journalist Fabrizio Romano, though things are looking mightily good on the Barcola front, there is still plenty of work to do on Mbaye’s potential move to Anfield.Liverpool are put off by Mbaye’s valuationIt has felt inevitable for a while that Liverpool would get Barcola. “Liverpool are negotiating for Barcola, they are confident and pushing.



Deal absolutely on.”Though that is clearly good news for Liverpool fans, Romano’s update on Mbaye was slightly less positive, with the transfer expert confirming that the Reds will not pay a ‘crazy’ combined package to sign the two players together.“Liverpool spoke to the agent of the player, Jorge Mendes, they had a conversation. Mbaye is very attracted by Liverpool, he would love a move to Liverpool.

Liverpool are not going to pay 200 or 210 million Euros for Barcola and Mbaye. They’re not going to do something crazy.“For sure the player and the agent spoke to Liverpool, there has been a conversation, but now it depends on the price.”Clearly, there is a chance that the two deals are done together, but PSG have proven to be tough negotiators over Barcola, and if there is no wiggle room, Liverpool would be better off looking for new targets in the final days of the summer.