{"id":323674,"date":"2025-08-06T22:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/323674\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T22:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:52:09","slug":"romano-confirms-dream-target-after-isak-as-real-madrid-star-part-of-transfer-domino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/323674\/","title":{"rendered":"Romano confirms &#8216;dream target&#8217; after Isak as Real Madrid star part of transfer domino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano has revealed Liverpool\u2019s \u2018dream target\u2019 if they miss out on Alexander Isak as Real Madrid star Rodrygo is embroiled in a potential transfer domino.<\/p>\n<p>Isak has made it clear to the Newcastle hierarchy that he wants a move away from St James\u2019 Park this summer but the club chiefs rejected a \u00a3110m Liverpool bid for his services last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/every-premier-league-transfer-release-completed-summer-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Reds\u2019 have already spent big this summer<\/a><\/strong>, with marquee additions Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong taking their spending to well over \u00a3250m.<\/p>\n<p>But they\u2019ve also made around \u00a3120m through player sales and look set to further boost their coffers with Darwin Nunez on the verge of a \u00a346m move to Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest they will not increase their bid for Isak, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-transfer-isak-absent-newcastle-training-will-not-attend-howe-family-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who is currently training alone and has been banned from Eddie Howe\u2019s family barbecue<\/a><\/strong> amid doubts over his future.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-concrete-offer-psg-star-new-strategy-isak-very-determined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L\u2019Equipe revealed on Wednesday<\/a><\/strong> that Liverpool are \u2018not giving up Isak\u2019, but have \u2018checked the name of Bradley Barcola to strengthen in attack\u2019, claiming they\u2019re \u2018not done with his crazy transfer\u2019 after they were linked with the Frenchman early in the window.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Sacha Tavolieri later claimed that Liverpool plan to make a \u2018concrete offer\u2019 for the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on X: \u2018EXCL \u2013 Liverpool Football Club set to proceed with a concrete offer to Paris Saint-Germain! Reds very determined to transform their interest into a bid during recent talks. Deal won\u2019t be under \u20ac100M. Isak situation explains this #LFC new strategy. Real impact. More to follow\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-carragher-doubt-isak-doesnt-want-reds-spend-150m-one-reason\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Carragher reveals doubt on Isak as he \u2018doesn\u2019t want\u2019 Liverpool to \u2018spend \u00a3150m\u2019 for one reason<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-transfer-limbo-sesko-isak-submit-official-transfer-request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool \u2018transfer in limbo\u2019 after Sesko news with Isak \u2018to submit an official transfer request\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And now Romano has confirmed Barcola is Liverpool\u2019s \u2018dream target internally\u2019, but insists the winger will not join if Newcastle \u2018open doors\u2019 to Isak\u2019s exit for Anfield.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SDEbBLWa74o\" target=\"_blank\">He said on his YouTube channel<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cIt\u2019s not Barcola and Isak. If they can get him, Liverpool\u2019s priority tonight remains Isak. If Newcastle open the doors, Liverpool will go for Isak. That deal is absolutely still alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn case the Isak deal can\u2019t happen, Barcola is seen as the dream target internally at Liverpool. As of today Liverpool have not made contact with Barcola\u2019s agents or Paris Saint-Germain, but they could make an attempt for Barcola before the end of the window if Newcastle close the doors to Isak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPSG don\u2019t want to sell Barcola \u2013 they prepared a new huge contract offer for the end of the window after Bayern Munich approached them with interest in the winger in June. The only way for Barcola to leave would be to say he wants to join Liverpool. It\u2019s not going to be easy because PSG see Barcola as one of the best players in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Liverpool go for Barcola, a name to watch for PSG would be Rodrygo from Real Madrid. He wants to stay and fight for his place at Real Madrid, but internally at PSG, Rodrygo could be an option to replace Barcola.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano has revealed Liverpool\u2019s \u2018dream target\u2019 if they miss out on Alexander Isak as Real Madrid star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[9261,116916,163,179,12,34876,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-323674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-bradley-barcola","10":"tag-front-page","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-rodrygo","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114984280030596584","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}