{"id":540881,"date":"2026-07-09T11:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/540881\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:16:07","slug":"liverpool-record-breaking-transfer-gets-go-ahead-as-diomande-snub-becomes-a-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/540881\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: Record-breaking transfer gets go-ahead as Diomande snub becomes a &#8216;blessing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have been given a green light to pursue a deal for Paris Saint-Germain winger Bradley Barcola this summer, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds have already brought one winger to Anfield this summer with Spain international Victor Munoz joining from La Liga side Osasuna for around \u20ac40m.<\/p>\n<p>However, that will not stop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> in their pursuit of a top-class winger to replace Mohamed Salah, who is reportedly set to move to the Saudi Pro League or Major League Soccer.<\/p>\n<p>RB Leipzig\u2019s Yan Diomande had been their top target this summer but it became clear recently that the Ivory Coast international is looking to move to PSG instead.<\/p>\n<p>There had been rumours that Diomande\u2019s potential move to PSG could free up Liverpool to go after Barcola as the French side potentially look to recoup some money.<\/p>\n<p>Some reports speculated that PSG viewed Barcola as untouchable this summer, despite the Ligue Un champions\u2019 interest in Diomande, but Fabrizio Romano insists that\u2019s not true anymore.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-ready-bid-80m-rated-yan-diomande-alternative-loved-iraola\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool ready to bid for \u00a380m-rated Yan Diomande alternative who is loved by Andoni Iraola<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-romano-huge-update-barcola-available-arsenal-psg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Romano revealed on Wednesday<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cUntil last week, Barcola was untouchable; now I see him linked to several clubs. The reality, guys, is that Barcola is not untouchable. Barcola has serious possibilities to leave Paris in the summer transfer window. I maintain my information since April and I stand by my information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t forget also Liverpool, because both Liverpool and Arsenal are calling for Barcola. Liverpool have the player on the very top of their shortlist since the summer transfer window 2025, and Liverpool remain interested in Barcola.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarcola is also appreciated by Arsenal, but he is not position number one. Position number one is Rogers, position number two is Barcola, and there are more options in terms of wingers. So that\u2019s the situation at Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, important to mention for PSG, he is not untouchable because the new contract talks are completely, completely on standby, stalling for a long time. So Barcola-PSG at the moment, there is no agreement over a new deal, and also important to say, PSG would ask for important money. So who\u2019s going to sign Barcola? It\u2019s not just about the interest, it\u2019s also about the package of money they\u2019re going to present to Paris Saint-Germain. So that\u2019s the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And now <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/bradley-barcola-fsg-significant-transfer-green-light-psg-demand-record-fee\" target=\"_blank\">our friends at TEAMtalk have revealed that<\/a> Liverpool have been shown a \u2018significant green light\u2019 to pursue a deal for Barcola this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The website insists that the \u2018Paris Saint-Germain star\u2019s camp are actively exploring a move this summer \u2013 although it will take a British-record fee to prise him away from the French champions\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-iraola-requests-fernandez-chelsea-signing-will-leave\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iraola \u2018requests\u2019 Chelsea star as third Liverpool signing after insider says \u00a3120m man \u2018will leave\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A move to Liverpool now \u2018looks an increasing possibility\u2019 as sources insist that were Barcola to reject another contract renewal offer at PSG, then the French club \u2018will reluctantly consider sanctioning a sale\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It will not come cheap to the Reds though, as PSG \u2018will seek around \u20ac150million (\u00a3128m, $172m) for the 23-year-old\u2019 which would break the \u00a3125m record Liverpool set when they signed Alexander Isak from Newcastle last summer.<\/p>\n<p>If Liverpool decide to sign Barcola, former Reds midfielder Danny Murphy thinks the Premier League club would view missing out on Diomande as a \u201cblessing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy told BetWright:\u00a0\u201cI hope so because I think he\u2019s a terrific player. I don\u2019t think they should have been looking at Diomande for the money they were talking about anyway. He is a super talent, but that\u2019s all he is: a talent. He\u2019s a prospect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaying over the odds for a player based on potential, I\u2019m not sure over \u00a3100m for a player who hasn\u2019t a body of work that justifies that money was the right way to go. In a way, it might be a blessing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarcola would be less expensive and obviously maybe surplus to requirements with the signings PSG are making. We\u2019ve seen in the Champions League for the last couple of years now the impact he can have on games, so it\u2019s a less risky signing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing with Barcola, of course, is he\u2019s more comfortable on the left than the right. He can play on the right on occasion, but really I think someone more used to and suited playing on the right would probably be a better option. But Barcola maybe, too, why not?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s certainly interesting and fascinating to see what they\u2019re going to do because the squad needs a bit of reshaping. There are all these questions around Liverpool at the moment, which is, when you think about winning the league and then what we spent, it\u2019s an incredible conundrum that they\u2019re in really and shouldn\u2019t be in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/transfer-window-summer-2026-rumours-ranked\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Transfer rumour ranking: Newcastle send bid for German; Crystal Palace want Kolo Muani<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have been given a green light to pursue a deal for Paris Saint-Germain winger Bradley Barcola this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-540881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540881","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=540881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}