Massive Bradley Barcola to Liverpool update coming out of France this morning

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Liverpool and PSG are closing in on a deal for Bradley Barcola to move to the Premier League, according to reports coming out of France.Loic Tanzi reports for L’Equipe that the France international is “expected to become the biggest transfer of a Ligue 1 player to a foreign club”.The Merseysiders are understood to be in the market for a minimum of two offensive signings, including the 23-year-old, and may push for a third transfer beyond that.The Bradley Barcola saga appears to be reaching a conclusion… at last(Photo by Pau Barrena/Getty Images)It seems that PSG won’t make it entirely easy for the Reds’ negotiators, however, with the Parisians sitting firm on their €140m [£119.7m] valuation. Ces dernières heures, Paris restait ferme sur ses dernières demandes : 140 M€.

Encore une semaine. https://t.co/J7Yo1YBQ0m — Loïc Tanzi (@Tanziloic) August 24, 2026Of course, it’s worth emphasising that this is a notable drop-off from the peak of talks, where Barcola’s value was understood to be in the region of €170m [£145.3m]Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trustPSG’s fresh valuation at least brings the deal closer to the yardstick they were initially using in Manchester City and Chelsea’s deals for Elliot Anderson [£116m] and Morgan Rogers [£117m], respectivelyAt any rate, the left-sided winger and his entourage are thought to be increasingly confident that a deal will be finalised with Andoni Iraola’s Reds.And boy has it been a long time coming…The pressure’s on, Liverpool – get your bodies in(Photo by Franco Arland/Getty Images)Seven days doesn’t seem like enough time to get three bodies in, does it?At the very least, it seems like we’re nearing the end of talks with PSG for Bradley Barcola, and recent reporting suggests Liverpool could have a done deal for Yankuba Minteh with their third bid.So the pressure’s on Richard Hughes and Co. to get in their third man – who we’d reasonably presume to be a centre-forward – and ensure that Iraola at least has a stacked forward line to work with this year.It’s still leaving us short in central midfield and at right-back, we feel, but it seems our Basque head coach is convinced he can fix Liverpool’s gaping midfield with the personnel he has.Though we’re not quite sure how he plans to navigate the precarious situation at right-back, with only Jeremie Frimpong available as a senior option.Whatever way we cut it, we’re going to be left short for, at the very least, the first half of 2026/27.