Liverpool transfer news: Reds step up pursuit of PSG forward 'clearly interested' in Anfield move

Liverpool are stepping up their pursuit of Paris Saint-Germain winger Bradley Barcola, with the France planetary reported to beryllium progressively receptive to the thought of a determination to Anfield.

According to Le 10 Sport, the Reds are present "more insistent than ever" successful their tendency to onshore the 23-year-old this summer. The aforesaid outlet reports that Barcola is "clearly funny successful the task projected by the English club", portion PSG person not ruled retired selling should the subordinate formally petition a departure.

Liverpool Eye Bradley Barcola

Barcola has delivered a coagulated run for the French champions, contributing 12 goals and 7 assists from 46 appearances successful each competitions. Despite those numbers, helium remains the fourth-choice attacker successful Luis Enrique's pecking order, with the Spanish manager preferring a beforehand trio of Ousmane Dembele, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Desire Doue for the biggest occasions.

That concern is understood to beryllium frustrating the erstwhile Lyon winger, whose representatives person begun exploring a summertime exit.

Liverpool had been tracking Barcola arsenic acold backmost arsenic past summer, lone to measurement backmost from a woody to sphere the improvement pathway for Rio Ngumoha. Twelve months on, the circumstances person shifted considerably, Ngumoha has established himself successful the squad and Mohamed Salah's imminent departure has created a vacancy connected the close flank that Arne Slot is anxious to fill.

Decision Yet to Be Made

The Times' Paul Joyce has corroborated Liverpool's interest, with Barcola understood to beryllium nether information alongside RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande arsenic Slot assesses aggregate wide options.

PSG are publically maintaining that Barcola is not for sale, though the nine are said to beryllium listening attentively down the scenes. With conscionable 2 years remaining connected his contract, immoderate funny enactment would apt request to array astatine slightest £61m to bring PSG to the negotiating table.

Barcola has not yet reached a definitive decision connected his aboriginal and continues to measurement his options. He is nevertheless understood to beryllium excited by the imaginable of regular Premier League shot — and successful peculiar by the accidental to presume a cardinal relation astatine Liverpool, thing PSG person been incapable to connection him connected a accordant basis.