Liverpool transfer news - Euro giants 'ruled out' of Bradley Barcola deal and centre-back 'evaluated'

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Today's Liverpool FC transfer round-up column sees one European powerhouse back away from Liverpool's top target as fresh potential options are identifiedAnother day, another Liverpool transfer rumour. "Liverpool have every right to cite the £42.7m deal PSG have just sealed for Maghnes Akliouche."Arguing that the player Liverpool want to sign from them is worth three times as much as the player they're replacing him with isn't exactly the best look for PSG when you think about it.And if you take the view that state ownership of football clubs is pretty much exclusively an exercise in optics, that could yet work in Liverpool's favour.Moving south across the Pyrenees to Spain, another eyebrow-raising development could yet play into Liverpool's hands here.

We're knee-deep in speculation here - that's rather the point - but perhaps that could help explain why it feels like we're just waiting for all the cogs to line up before Liverpool really strike hard for Barcola."Exploratory contact" from Liverpool for TomoriAnother report out of Italy today surprisingly linked Liverpool with former Chelsea defender, Fikayo Tomori. 23 (the other half of Milan, that is) was previously reported to be "certainly on the way out" this summer (Calciomercato), with Coventry and "other English clubs" supposedly interested in a cut-price €15-20m (£12.8-17.1m) deal.Today, Tuttojuve - a strange outlet to break the story, granted, given Tomori definitely plays for Milan and not Juventus - have claimed the Reds "have already initiated initial exploratory contact with AC Milan to determine the feasibility" of a move for Tomori, whose contract expires next year.In a familiar theme, Milan are said to be open to selling Tomori if he doesn't renew his contract, and Liverpool are said to be "evaluating costs and room for manoeuvre before deciding whether to submit an official offer".The deal, such that it is claimed to be, is said to be in the early stages, but "the English centre-back's name has definitely been included in the list of possible reinforcements" for a position that is claimed to be "one of [Liverpool's] main objectives".That does raise a bit of a red flag, as pretty much every other report on the Reds as of late has continued to state that signing another winger is Liverpool's priority and everything else is further down the list.Sky Sports have even reported that the injury to Joe Gomez, which is expected to see him miss the start of the season, "will not affect Liverpool's transfer plans".That's a sentence that is sure to send shivers down the spine of any Liverpool fan.Tomori's potential availability is intriguing, though.

He's got a left foot!Oakley Cannonier, the former ball-boy of 'corner taken quickly' fame, left Liverpool's academy this summer and, now 22, has signed for Singapore side Hougang United. Maybe there's a chance Liverpool could test the waters after all!