Liverpool are ready to buy Paris Saint-Germain forward Bradley Barcola after missing out on Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo, according to reports.<\/p>\n
Semenyo is expected to complete a move to Manchester City when the January transfer window opens after widespread reports indicated Pep Guardiola\u2019s side was his \u2018preference\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano revealed on Monday that the Reds could look to sign as many as two players<\/a> in the January transfer window despite their huge summer outlay.<\/p>\n Liverpool<\/a>\u00a0spent over \u00a3400m on new players over the summer but the Reds are still in need of reinforcements after a poor first half of the season.<\/p>\n The Reds are likely to attempt to improve their defence in January if possible, while adding a potential attacking option is also a possibility after Alexander Isak picked up a serious injury in their 2-1 win at Tottenham.<\/p>\n Uncertainty over Mohamed Salah\u2019s future has also accelerated Liverpool\u2019s need for attacking reinforcements, although the Egpyt international is expected to remain at Anfield until the summer.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Top 10 post-Christmas title capitulations to frighten Arsenal (who have previous)<\/a><\/p>\n And now Caught Offside has claimed that<\/a> PSG star Barcola \u2018is now emerging as a prime alternative for either the January window or next summer\u2019 after Liverpool missed out on Semenyo.<\/p>\n The report adds: \u2018The Reds\u2019 recruitment team are understood to have intensified their monitoring of the French international, viewing him as a long-term solution capable of elevating their attacking options under Arne Slot.<\/p>\n \u2018Slot is known to be a strong admirer of Barcola\u2019s profile. The 23-year-old has developed into one of Ligue 1\u2019s most dynamic wide attackers.\u2019<\/p>\n Barcola still has a contract in Paris until the summer of 2028 with PSG keen to renew his contract \u2013 but negotiations over an improved deal have \u2018stalled\u2019 in recent months.<\/p>\n MORE ON LIVERPOOL ON F365\u2026 It is understood that the delay is \u2018driven by a degree of caution from the player and his representatives\u2019 with Barcola \u2013 who has scored five goals in 13 Ligue 1 appearances this term \u2013 looking to assess all options.<\/p>\n Despite not being successful in their pursuit of Semenyo, Liverpool are still \u2018keen to add a high-level wide forward\u2019 to their squad with the Reds \u2018prepared to invest in the right profile rather than rush into short-term fixes\u2019.<\/p>\n Liverpool think a January transfer \u2018would be difficult\u2019 for Barcola but \u2018believe groundwork laid now could put them in a strong position for the summer\u2019.<\/p>\n Speaking over the summer, PSG boss Luis Enrique insisted that he expected Barcola to be at the Parc des Princes for \u201cmany more years\u201d.<\/p>\n He said in July: \u201cI expect him to play here for many more years, and I think he wants to. So I have no doubt he\u2019ll remain our player.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are ready to buy Paris Saint-Germain forward Bradley Barcola after missing out on Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[109021,1100,61,60,1101,43,1102,112],"class_list":["post-208475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bradley-barcola","tag-home-page","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-liverpool","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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