{"id":328410,"date":"2025-08-08T17:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T17:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/328410\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T17:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T17:21:11","slug":"sky-journalist-drops-seismic-liverpool-bradley-barcola-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/328410\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky journalist drops seismic Liverpool & Bradley Barcola news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool are reportedly \u2018closely monitoring\u2019 Bradley Barcola\u2019s situation at PSG this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This comes amid the Merseysiders\u2019 ongoing pursuit of Alexander Isak<\/a>, with the club waiting on Newcastle to source a potential successor for the Swede.<\/p>\n

Theoretically, Arne Slot\u2019s outfit could pivot to the Ligue 1 winger should a move for the Premier League striker fall through.<\/p>\n

Liverpool consider Bradley Barcola transfer\"Reece(Photo by Luke Hales\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether Liverpool will be forced to turn their focus to Barcola<\/a> in the window.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Sky Germany\u2019s Florian Plettenberg reports on X (formerly Twitter) that the Reds have yet to supply any offers or enter into advanced talks with the Frenchman\u2019s entourage.<\/p>\n

Isak remains our recruitment team\u2019s number one priority in the market ahead of Darwin Nunez\u2019s planned departure to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd34 Liverpool are closely monitoring the situation of Bradley #Barcola<\/a>. However, there have been no offers or advanced talks with the player\u2019s camp at this stage.<\/p>\n

Alexander Isak remains the priority target for #LFC<\/a>. Should that move fall through, the club would have the budget\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/QxJl15E54Z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) August 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Liverpool need to sign Alexander Isak this summer<\/p>\n

Look, we\u2019re huge fans of Barcola and think he\u2019s already a tremendous talent at 22 years of age.<\/p>\n

But in what world does signing the PSG man not block Rio Ngumoha\u2019s (16) pathway to the first team?<\/p>\n

Given the club has explicitly come out and said it\u2019s keen to avoid that eventuality, we suspect a more senior option will be preferred.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the absolute priority as far as the forward line is concerned should be the unique market opportunity, which is Alexander Isak.<\/p>\n

By all accounts, all the major figureheads in Paris \u2013 Luis Campos, Luis Enrique, and Nasser Al-Khelaifi \u2013 want to keep Barcola in the French capital. On top of that, the player\u2019s hardly loudly pushing for a move away, is he?<\/p>\n

Rodrygo would be more interesting for Liverpool<\/p>\n

Able to play across the forward line \u2013 and with plenty of experience on the right wing \u2013 Brazil international Rodrygo (24) would represent the better choice financially in a world where Liverpool also get Isak over the line.<\/p>\n

That said, the idea of the Real Madrid winger is not without problems itself. The footballer is understood to favour being specifically played on the left flank.<\/p>\n

On that basis, one has to wonder whether signing the wide man would also impede Rio Ngumoha\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not expecting the former Chelsea academy graduate to get serious minutes this season (perhaps around the 1,000 minute mark or under). But unless we\u2019re planning to offload Cody Gakpo next summer, there\u2019s an inherent risk attached to landing a young left-sided winger in the window.<\/p>\n

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