Liverpool finalized the most expensive transfer of the summer window by signing Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain on Monday in a deal worth 123 million pounds ($166 million). This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
Liverpool secured its main target of the summer after a monthslong pursuit of a speedy 23-year-old France international who is coming off winning back-to-back Champions League titles with PSG but mainly as an impact substitute, backing up Désiré Doué.
Now Barcola will expect to be a key part of an expensively assembled Liverpool attack that also includes striker Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz, who were signed last summer for 125 million pounds ($170 million) and 116 million pounds ($156 million), respectively.
“It took a long time,” Barcola said in a Liverpool statement after signing what the club described as a long-term contract, “but I’m really happy today to be able to play for Liverpool and all I want is to be on the pitch and be able to play.”
Barcola is primarily a left winger so isn’t a like-for-like replacement for Liverpool great Mohamed Salah, who played on the right for nine years before leaving for Trabzonspor to end a trophy-laden spell at Anfield.
The deal will see Liverpool paying 106 million pounds ($143 million) for Barcola, who was part of the France team which lost in the semifinals to Spain at the World Cup this summer, and up to an additional 17 million pounds ($23 million) in potential add-ons. Barcola joined PSG for 45 million euros ($38.5 million) from Lyon in 2023.