Bradley Barcola: Why Liverpool want PSG winger for £100m
Liverpool is reportedly targeting PSG winger Bradley Barcola with a potential £100m transfer bid to bolster their attack following the departure of Mohamed Salah. PSG is seeking a higher fee, reflecting the player's success in recent Champions League campaigns.
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High-value football transfers reflect the massive economic scale of the European sports industry and the competitive nature of top-tier club management.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Bradley Barcola has helped Paris St-Germain win the Champions League in the past two seasons
Liverpool have twice paid more than £100m for players - midfielder Florian Wirtz and striker Alexander Isak - and could be about to do so again.
Paris St-Germain and France winger Bradley Barcola has become a main target for Liverpool , with the Reds prepared to pay about £100m, while PSG are holding out for somewhere near £145m.
Liverpool , who finished fifth in the Premier League last season, 25 points behind champions Arsenal , could eventually end up paying Bayer Leverkusen £116m for Wirtz, while they shelled out a club record £125m to sign Isak from Newcastle .
And they could be about to break the bank for 23-year-old Barcola, who was part of France's squad at the World Cup.
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