Liverpool transfer news amid Bradley Barcola boost and 'contact' for $33M defender

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Liverpool FC NewsTransfer NewsLiverpool FCLiverpool transfer news as one potential option for Bradley Barcola confirms it won't enter the race and initial 'contact' is supposedly made for an AC Milan defenderPSG winger Bradley Barcola in action for France at the World Cup. Liverpool still needs to get a move for the PSG winger Bradley Barcola over the line — more on him shortly — while a defender needed to be a priority even before it was confirmed that Joe Gomez would be absent until the season has started with the injury he sustained against Sunderland.Here is the Liverpool.com verdict on the transfer gossip to emerge around the Reds today.

We start with the latest on Barcola, with sporting director Richard Hughes set to up the ante in the pursuit.Bradley Barcola (PSG)Bayern Munich has ruled itself out of a move for PSG forward Barcola, insisting that its summer business is now complete. The German giant was one of the options that had been put forward for the 23-year-old.Arsenal has also been linked with a swoop, but Liverpool is the favorite to sign Barcola from here, as long as a deal can be agreed with PSG for his services.Barcola is valued at well above $100M but would be keen on moving to Anfield.

PSG's high valuation is based on transfers that have already happened this summer, including Morgan Rogers and Elliot Anderson.France forward Bradley Barcola during the World Cup game against England.(Image: Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)"I was smiling every time I read the transfer rumors this summer," sporting director Max Eberl told a press conference unveiling new signing Nathaniel Brown."We wrapped up the deals for Nathaniel and Ismael Sibari very quickly, and I thought it was clear that we had finished our signings. I was smiling at the names being linked with us, as these rumors are zero per cent true."Liverpool.com says: Barcola would be a brilliant addition for the Reds but not for silly money.