{"id":642537,"date":"2026-08-17T22:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/642537\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T22:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:31:21","slug":"liverpool-top-target-agrees-five-year-deal-as-155m-double-swoop-advances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/642537\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: Top target agrees five-year deal as \u00a3155m double swoop advances"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool<\/a> have agreed a five-year deal with Ibrahim Mbaye and sent Paris Saint-Germain a new bid for his team-mate Bradley Barcola, according to sources in France.<\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/strong><\/a> are interested in signing Mbaye and Barcola to transform their winger ranks. The Reds have already brought in Victor Munoz this summer but need more additions in wide areas.<\/p>\n

Cody Gakpo is being pursued by Tottenham Hotspur, Hugo Ekitike will be out until December after undergoing Achilles surgery, while Liverpool still need to replace Anfield icon Mohamed Salah.<\/p>\n

Barcola<\/strong><\/a> could become Liverpool\u2019s new first-choice left winger, replacing Gakpo. Mbaye<\/strong><\/a>, meanwhile, might join as Salah\u2019s successor on the right flank.<\/p>\n

Our friends at TEAMtalk revealed earlier on Monday that Liverpool have agreed personal terms with both Mbaye and Barcola<\/a> as they edge closer to signing the PSG duo.<\/p>\n

Trusted French reporter Fabrice Hawkins<\/a> has now confirmed TEAMtalk\u2019s reporting, stating that a five-year deal is in place with Mbaye.<\/p>\n

READ: Ten best wingers available this summer includes Liverpool target Barcola and Milan duo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Excl Liverpool have reached an agreement with Ibrahim Mbaye,\u2019 Hawkins wrote on X\/Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u2018The two parties have agreed on the financial terms of a five-year contract. Mbaye has made his choice and does not wish to pursue interest from Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n

\u2018As exclusively revealed by @RMCsport Liverpool want to sign both Mbaye and Bradley Barcola.\u2019<\/p>\n

As per fellow French source Foot01, Liverpool have raised the stakes for Barcola by sending PSG an offer worth \u20ac135million (\u00a3115m)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Liverpool had previously indicated to PSG they were willing to pay \u00a386-100m for the French ace, so if news of this \u20ac135m\/\u00a3115m proposal is true then it represents a significant development.<\/p>\n

Liverpool are willing to go up to \u00a3120m to sign Barcola.<\/p>\n

PSG, meanwhile, started out by demanding \u00a3145m to sell the 23-year-old. However, they have since lowered his price tag to \u00a3125m.<\/p>\n

As such, there is still some work to be done, but Liverpool appear to be getting closer to forging an agreement.<\/p>\n

PSG are hoping to pick up \u00a343-50m for Mbaye, but sources close to the deal believe he could actually move for \u00a330m, as per TEAMtalk.<\/p>\n

It will therefore take an outlay worth around \u00a3155m to sign both players.<\/p>\n

READ NEXT \u2013 Premier League transfer net spend table for 26\/27 season: Man Utd 14th!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have agreed a five-year deal with Ibrahim Mbaye and sent Paris Saint-Germain a new bid for his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[129786,9,10,18,13,14,793,6,255808,19,17,11,12,1009,15,16,5,795,7,8],"class_list":["post-642537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-bradley-barcola","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-front-page","tag-headlines","tag-ibrahim-mbaye","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-liverpool","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117113224932373279","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642537","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=642537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}