{"id":629952,"date":"2026-08-10T10:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/629952\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:17:14","slug":"arsenal-club-legend-reveals-what-source-has-told-him-about-hijack-of-liverpool-barcola-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/629952\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal: Club legend reveals what source has told him about hijack of Liverpool, Barcola transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a> club legend Perry Groves has revealed why the Gunners could hijack Liverpool\u2019s proposed big-money signing of PSG attacker Bradley Barcola this summer.<\/p>\n

The Gunners sealed their fourth signing of the summer over the weekend after completing a \u00a375million deal for Newcastle skipper Bruno Guimaraes, with the Brazilian unveiled to Gunners supporters at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Guimaraes\u2019 arrival adds to the captures of highly-rated Greek winger Christos Tzolis and former Leeds United goalkeeper Illan Meslier, as Arsenal<\/strong><\/a> start to ramp up their summer business.<\/p>\n

Piero Hincapie\u2019s loan deal with Bayer Leverkusen was also made permanent earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

However, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta remains on the hunt for fresh attacking talent, having missed out on Vinicius Junior after the Real Madrid superstar committed to a new contract with the LaLiga giants.<\/p>\n

READ: Ranking the Big Six midfields after Bruno Guimaraes Arsenal move<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Manchester United\u2019s Marcus Rashford and Juventus star Kenan Yildiz remain options for Arsenal, while France international Barcola<\/strong><\/a> continues to be linked with a switch to north London, despite Liverpool<\/strong><\/a> being heavy favourites for his signature.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the Anfield outfit have identified the 23-year-old as their top target to replace club legend Mohamed Salah this summer, and are reportedly ready to pay \u00a3100m (\u20ac117m \/ $135m) for the Frenchman, although PSG are holding out for an offer closer to \u00a3128m \u20ac150m \/ $172m)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for Barcola\u2019s stance on an exit, the two-time Champions League winner is expected to quit the French giants after stalling over signing a new contract.<\/p>\n

And, while Liverpool remain heavy favourites to sign Barcola, Groves claims he has been told that the player would much sooner move to London, giving the Gunners a huge advantage \u2013 if they seek to act on it.<\/p>\n

Asked whether Barcola would be better suited to Arsenal or Liverpool, Groves told talkSPORT<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019ve got no dog in the fight, but I would say the Gooners because Liverpool are a team that are in transition.<\/p>\n

\u201cAndoni Iraola going in there, imposing his own philosophy, his own style with all the new signings coming in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you were Barcola and you thought, what out of those two sides have got the most chance of winning the Premier League or Champions League, at the moment you\u2019d say it was Arsenal.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s whether Arsenal want to go in, if they go in for him, then there would have been advances being made to his people.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause they don\u2019t want to be seen losing out on Vinicius Junior being played like a little kitten with a ball of wool, but Arsenal have to be in for those sorts of players. That\u2019s the level Arsenal are at now.\u2019<\/p>\n

Groves then dropped the bombshell that could end up sealing any deal for the Gunners this summer, adding: \u201cI\u2019ve got a source that says he [Barcola] wants to live in London.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t tell you (who), I can\u2019t divulge my sources. I\u2019ve got a source. I\u2019ve got a mole. Barcola wants to live in London.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frimpong wants Barcola to complete stellar Arsenal double deal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong also wants Arteta to turn his attentions to Barcola, having sealed the impressive capture of Guimaraes.<\/p>\n

\u201cMikel [Arteta] and the boys have finally got it over the line, which I\u2019m very happy about,\u201d he told Ladbrokes. \u201cBut they shouldn\u2019t just win it once and be satisfied with that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have to keep on winning it now and dominate just like how Man United and Man City have in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got the players, we\u2019ve got a deep squad and hopefully this summer, the board are going to strengthen further, because I still think we need a couple of wingers and a proper number eight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like Declan Rice is playing in a position which isn\u2019t natural to him, so we need a proper number eight alongside him.<\/p>\n

READ NEXT: Premier League transfer net spend table for 26\/27 season<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, when it comes to realistic signings this summer, with those positions in mind, I feel like Bruno Guimaraes is someone I\u2019d love to see at Arsenal.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd also Bradley Barcola\u2026 I think he would be very good for Arsenal. Barcola and Bruno Guimaraes would be a very good transfer window for Arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal club legend Perry Groves has revealed why the Gunners could hijack Liverpool\u2019s proposed big-money signing of PSG…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[2725,129786,9,10,18,13,14,793,6,19,17,11,12,1009,15,16,5,795,53669,4335,7,8],"class_list":["post-629952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arsenal","tag-bradley-barcola","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-front-page","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-liverpool","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-psg","tag-soccer","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117070701722106465","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}