How Bradley Barcola compares to Yan Diomande as Liverpool given transfer green light

Paris Saint-Germain's Bradley Barcola would beryllium an "excellent" replacement for Mohamed Salah astatine Liverpool, and Andoni Iraola is "sure" to beryllium moving the regularisation implicit the Frenchman, a erstwhile Reds goalkeeper has exclusively told Sports Mole.

The 2024-25 Premier League champions person already bolstered their attacking ranks with the signing of Victor Munoz from Osasuna, but a caller big-money attacker is anticipated to get successful the aftermath of Salah's departure.

Yan Diomande and Barcola had been earmarked arsenic 2 of Liverpool's premier targets successful that area, though the erstwhile is believed to favour a determination to PSG, which could person implications connected Barcola's future.

Liverpool are reportedly acceptable to interruption the bank for the erstwhile Lyon attacker, who has impressed successful fleeting moments during the World Cup, registering 2 goals and 1 assistance arsenic France hole to look England successful Saturday's third-place playoff.

As speech implicit Barcola's aboriginal intensifies, ex-Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Friedel believes that Iraola volition beryllium keeping a adjacent oculus connected developments surrounding the 23-year-old.

Liverpool fixed greenish airy to motion "excellent" Bradley Barcola

"That is truly large arsenic PSG already person a acceptable of fantastic attacking players and Diomande volition marque them adjacent better," Friedel said. "Does this mean 1 of the existing apical players volition leave?

"Well it whitethorn hap arsenic the prime PSG volition person is conscionable truthful powerful. So overmuch method accomplishment and powerfulness and gait and energy. For Liverpool, helium would beryllium an fantabulous signing, particularly with Salah leaving.

"Liverpool bash request to look to adhd much prime successful fixed Salah has left. But I similar Iraola and I americium definite helium volition beryllium looking astatine players; Barcola 1 of them."

Barcola managed a respectable 20 extremity involvements from 49 matches successful a PSG kit past play - 13 of his ain and 7 assists - but helium failed to nail down a spot successful the XI owed to contention from Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

Barcola did not commencement immoderate of PSG's past 4 Champions League games en way to the trophy, and helium is present successful the past 2 years of his declaration astatine the Parc des Princes.

How Bradley Barcola compares to Yan Diomande amid Liverpool transportation links

Diomande to PSG is not yet acceptable successful stone, but it has been well-reported that the Ivorian would favour a power to the reigning European champions implicit Iraola's Liverpool.

If the Reds were to miss retired connected Diomande, they would besides miss retired connected a subordinate who scored 1 much league extremity than Barcola past term, and who posted a marginally amended conversion complaint of 22.6% compared to 16.4%.

Diomande besides registered 8 assists compared to conscionable 1 for Barcola, and the African's take-on occurrence complaint stands retired successful examination to the Frenchman, who lone succeeded with 41.3% of specified battles.

Meanwhile, Diomande's occurrence complaint stands astatine 59.9%, and the RB Leipzig antheral besides contested a acold greater fig of crushed duels (358 to 180) and won conscionable implicit 50% of them, compared to Barcola's 42.2%.

Diomande did play conscionable implicit 700 much league minutes than Barcola did past season, but the statistic suggest that Liverpool ought to beryllium breaking the slope for the Bundesliga prima instead.

Brad Friedel was speaking to Sports Mole connected behalf of William Hill's World Cup 2026 victor odds.