Liverpool and PSG are closing in on a deal for Bradley Barcola to move to the Premier League, according to reports coming out of France.
Loic Tanzi reports for L'Equipe that the France international is "expected to become the biggest transfer of a Ligue 1 player to a foreign club".
The Merseysiders are understood to be in the market for a minimum of two offensive signings, including the 23-year-old, and may push for a third transfer beyond that.
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It seems that PSG won't make it entirely easy for the Reds' negotiators, however, with the Parisians sitting firm on their €140m [£119.7m] valuation.

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Lens stunned Paris Saint-Germain with a 1-0 victory in the Trophée des Champions, securing their first silverware of the new domestic campaign despite playing much of the contest with 10 men.
PSG started on the front foot and controlled the ball, but Lens gradually grew into the contest. The hosts then struck against the run of play in the 32nd minute, with Florian Thauvin arriving at the far post to convert Matthieu Udol's delivery.
Lens' advantage was short on numbers, however, as Kyllian Antonio was dismissed six minutes before the interval for a dangerous challenge on Maghnes Akliouche. PSG almost took advantage immediately, but Désiré Doué saw his effort come back off the crossbar.
Luis Enrique's side continued to dominate possession after the restart but struggled to turn it into clear openings. Ousmane Dembélé tested Robin Risser, while Nuno Mendes also went close from distance as Lens remained disciplined.
The Parisians' hopes of finding a late leveller suffered another blow when Mendes was shown a straight red card for an off-the-ball incident involving Michal Skoras in the closing stages.

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Ronald Araujo is in the door at Liverpool, so onto Bradley Barcola next – or so the theory goes, except there's one problem.
On Monday evening, the Reds confirmed the arrival of the Uruguayan defender on a season-long loan from Barcelona, with the option to sign him permanently next year for £47.1m (The Athletic).
With that move completed, sporting director Richard Hughes can turn his full attention to trying to land the Paris Saint-Germain winger, who's reportedly agreed a five-year contract at Anfield. However, it isn't just the Parisians' asking price of £128m (TEAMtalk) which is acting as an impediment to that pursuit.
As neatly explained by Michael Reid (Football Data Editor with OptaJoe) on X, Araujo's arrival has taken Liverpool to the maximum permissible quota of 17 non-homegrown players for their 2026/27 Premier League squad.
Essentially, this means that if the Reds are to sign Barcola, they'd either have to sell one of those 17 players to make room for him, or omit a current player from their top-flight squad until January.

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Ibrahim Mbaye wants out of PSG, and the Parisians already have interest from Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen in their winger.
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Ibrahim Mbaye's move away from PSG is getting closer and closer as August progresses.
The situation has got pretty messy in the last few weeks, with journalist Romain Molina exposing some pretty damaging stuff about the winger's claims and demands. That will have hurt the young talent's value, and it's also seemingly convinced PSG that there's no point persisting with him.
Ibrahim Mbaye training. (Photo by Franco Arland/Getty Images)

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Maghnes Akliouche is on his way to PSG in the next few days – and the Parisians think they've got a great deal for him.
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As we've reported in the last few days, PSG are very close to making their first major addition of the summer – Maghnes Akliouche is coming in from Monaco.
As the transfer gets closer, we're starting to get some details on the deal from some of the top insiders. The well connected Fabrice Hawkins of RMC Sport has today given some really interesting information about the move.
Hawkins says that it's going to be a €50m deal, with Akliouche's primary role in the squad as a replacement for the departed Kang-in Lee.

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Fabrizio Romano is reporting that PSG and Monaco finally have a breakthrough in transfer talks over attacker Maghnes Akliouche.
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After some pretty quiet – and increasingly tense – days in the transfer market for PSG, we finally have a "breakthrough".
Fabrizio Romano has just put the information out there that there is finally progress in talks between the Parisians and Monaco over Maghnes Akliouche.
"The agreement is now at the final stages between clubs," Romano wrote on Twitter.

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Whilst Paris Saint-Germain appeared determined not to pursue their efforts to sign RB Leipzig's Yan Diomandé (19), the arrival of new intermediaries – who are said to be much closer to the Rouge et Bleu management – could well shake things up, according to reports in L'Équipe.
And this is particularly due to Real Madrid's apparent difficulty in convincing their German counterparts to sell the Ivorian forward, even though the latter is said to have already reached an agreement to join the Spanish club. However, the expansion of his entourage in recent days is reported to have slowed down negotiations, whilst ever-increasing transfer fees are reportedly being demanded for the player.
This is a situation from which PSG could well benefit, as they are aware of Diomandé's interest in their project and his strong desire to play under Luis Enrique. Whilst nothing is yet certain, the Parisians may nevertheless be tempted by the prospect of launching a final push in the coming hours – provided, that is, that Real Madrid do not manage to finalise the deal first.
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Bradley Barcola is potentially leaving PSG this summer, with Liverpool interested – but it all depends on the price that’s set by the Parisians.
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PSG’s transfer window started with a few sales, but it’s now gone a little stale.
Everyone is waiting for the big incoming deal – but at the moment we’re still hearing more about potential sales. Fabrizio Romano dropped in today with an update on the situation of Bradley Barcola. The winger has been linked with moves to a few different teams, and today Romano made it clear who was winning the race.
Liverpool are said to be the “club showing most concrete interest in Bradley Barcola.”

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FC Barcelona forward Ferran Torres is in shock advanced talks to join Paris Saint-Germain according to Mundo Deportivo and SPORT, which both cited anonymous sources.
FC Barcelona star Ferran Torres is in shock advanced talks to join Paris Saint-Germain according to Mundo Deportivo and SPORT, which both cited anonymous sources.
MD reports that there is "good harmony" between the Qatari-owned Parisians and Ferran, who is open to a change of airs.
Ferran has a contract until mid-2027, which means that PSG can be smart and push Barça into accepting a cut fee for a player it could lose for free in under 12 months' time.
It would effectively be a taste of their own medicine, as the Catalans are currently closing in on Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi.

Monaco midfielder Maghnes Akliouche has long been a target for PSG, and now it seems like the Parisians are ready to make a move.
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Fabrizio Romano is reporting that PSG are getting into gear to try and sign rising star Maghnes Akliouche.
The Italian transfer insider says that the France international is "expected to be among the next stars to move this summer" with "talks and approaches intensifying."
Akliouche's club Monaco "expect bids soon." They will be hoping for a pretty massive fee considering the talent's age and ceiling, and the calibre of his suitors.

Yesterday, news broke unexpectedly that Liverpool were close to signing Osasuna winger Victor Muñoz. Less than 24 hours later that deal has been completed, but everyone knows the Reds aren’t done signing attacking reinforcements—and everyone knows Yan Diomande is their top target.
Now things could be starting to move awfully quickly on that front, too. While Liverpool were announcing the capture of Muñoz, The Athletic’s David Ornstein was reporting that they were ready to pay as much as €100M to sign Diomande. In just about the time it took to read that sentence, news broke that Liverpool had in fact made such a bid.
The offer, believed to be €90M guaranteed plus €10M in add-ons, was in turn revealed to have been rejected almost immediately. That isn’t expected to be the end of it, though, with an improved second bid expected.
Based on how things have developed both with Diomande and Muñoz over the past 24 hours, we wouldn’t be entirely surprised if by the time you’ve read this an improved bid has been made—or been rejected, or Liverpool have moved on to a Plan B, or perhaps even fully completed the signing.
Diomande’s other main suitor this summer has been Paris Saint-Germain, but with three star wingers already on the books there in Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Désiré Doué, and Bradley Barcola there hardly seems a pressing need for the Parisians to sign another €100M winger. If they did, it would also almost certainly mean a departure of one of the trio already on their books.