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title: "Barcola Liverpool Move Edges Closer as Talks Open"
canonical: "https://readpsg.com/news/barcola-liverpool-transfer-talks/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Austin Flexan"
section: "PSG News"
published: "2026-08-01T00:47:46Z"
modified: "2026-08-01T00:47:46Z"
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# Barcola Liverpool Move Edges Closer as Talks Open

## Barcola Liverpool Move Edges Closer as Talks Open

A Barcola Liverpool move is edging closer. Liverpool have opened talks with Paris Saint-Germain over Bradley Barcola, and fresh reports on Friday claim the Reds are closing in on the France forward — though with PSG valuing their man at a reported £145m, nothing is yet agreed and the reigning European champions remain firmly in control.

## Why the Barcola Liverpool deal still isn’t done

The pursuit gathered pace through the day. [Football365 reported](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiswFBVV95cUxQcHFLREl4VHoyMjhzMVhuT3pYdGluVnpQclZHVkVGS1dUdDhaVnJsdGVZSXB1Q2MyRkl5dHVQeWNDNE82SWZPQ3F5LXNzZ2w4WFAwdk8yTzVHNExrNkp0c1lQbVV3b0hmWWduN196anFleGtteTZiX3RadjkzZ0NMVW9RV21Tc0NlYnJsS1hIN2s4N3BrUEh6QXp5SHF2b1lnRkF3ekljUG01R3JwQVctenMxVQ?oc=5) that Liverpool are “closer” to signing the PSG winger, pointing to a claimed breakthrough, while the interest has been widely carried across the English press. Not everyone on Merseyside is convinced: on ESPN, [Jamie Carragher argued](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMisgFBVV95cUxOZWJReW93aUtRZl9hNUJlelI4dkxxQ0l3ZDk5eUswOFNxd1B2bjF3VlJKNWJGaVVUa0xJazB5VHQtZFM5blJ2NDhYeFdaTTFHbmNnZHlwSzBCZ2JDNml6NGdzazA0T0h5TDVQUUpLallBSjFiWm9mNUNaX2xvWDRIMEpoQmlXUDBPbXItT1p2WFJPbGZ5NW5SUjBjUFNXamtWRUk0LW5vS3ZIY2pQeS1hTHB3?oc=5) that Liverpool should prioritise a long-term successor to Mohamed Salah before committing a club-record fee to Barcola. A [Liverpool Echo poll](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxOcXFRT09jY3NDcWgtSks4N0hjMktlcjJqdWJGdjQxbHNXX290U1ZiSExJSE1HamU1ZVp6c3ZtUWg2MVMxQUpkMUVyeGVlWUpIb0I5YnpqWXJWaUJDSy13b0kzYnFtWEx5b1lJUDVsOUx3VzlTMWZyU1NfaHU4dXpzVmthZ1FFMzRXNVFhTE9kdDZ4QVNmdmNYbTJHbTFEOHRZYWhUdWtOVE8?oc=5) found the overwhelming majority of supporters rejected PSG’s asking price — a measure of how far apart the two clubs remain on valuation. For Luis Enrique’s Paris, under no pressure to sell, that gap is the whole story, a stance readers will recognise from [our coverage of PSG’s transfer window](https://readpsg.com/).

The window is open and the next move sits with Liverpool. Until an offer lands near Paris’s valuation, a Barcola exit remains talk rather than a done deal — and Les Parisiens look content to wait.