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Sports · 5 August 2026

Liverpool ready to pay about £100m for PSG winger Barcola

Liverpool ready to pay about £100m for PSG winger Barcola

Liverpool are reportedly preparing to make Bradley Barcola, a winger for Paris St-Germain and France, their third player signed for around £100m. The club needs to strengthen its attack with Mohamed Salah leaving and other forwards injured or possibly moving on. Barcola, 23, offers a direct attacking threat, aggressive pressing, and goalscoring instincts from the wing, which could fit Liverpool's evolving tactics.

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