Liverpool transfer target urged to snub ‘risky’ £120million Arsenal move

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There’s only certain teams out there who can afford to pay what Paris Saint-Germain are asking for so he needs to go and think about who he wants to play for, not just sign for whoever comes in for him. ‘He needs to ask himself how he needs to play and how the teams wanting to sign him play. I think Barcola needs to really think about his football and what he wants to do on the pitch.

I went to Sheffield Wednesday because Trevor Francis was going to let me go out there and play how I play. Finances have a big say in it but he’ll be getting good money wherever he goes. ‘If I was advising Bradley Barcola, I’d be telling him he should go to Liverpool because he’s going to have more license to play his own game for Liverpool under Andoni Iraola to go and do what he does, because that’s why people want to spend all that money to sign him.

Arsenal tried to sign Vinicius Junior from Real Madrid (Picture: Getty) ‘At Paris Saint-Germain, he gets the ball and he takes on his full-back, but if he played for Arsenal, Mikel Arteta would probably be too worried about him losing the ball. Suddenly he’s lost 50% or 75% of his game. ‘If he plays for Liverpool, Iraola is going to want him to play his game, take on the full-back, run at people and create danger. ‘That’s too much of a risk for a manager like Arteta.