Liverpool plot huge Bradley Barcola bid after £145m transfer update with 'terms agreed' | OneFootball

Reds are stepping up interest in PSG and France star amid Arsenal battle

Liverpool are retooling their attack under new head coach Andoni Iraola and seeking a successor to club icon Mohamed Salah, who departed Merseyside as a free agent last month after an illustrious nine-year stint.

The Reds have already signed Spain winger Victor Munoz in this window after triggering the £34.5million release clause in his contract at Osasuna, while centre-back Jeremy Jacquet officially completed his £60m switch from Rennes that was agreed back in January.

Liverpool were known to hold a significant interest in Yan Diomande and were thought to have seen a bid rejected for the RB Leipzig teenager, who looked to be headed to Paris Saint-Germain instead but is now poised to complete a blockbuster switch to Real Madrid worth more than £100m.

Last week, Liverpool are believed to have made an approach for Monaco’s Magnes Akliouche, but it looks like he now favours PSG after they withdrew from the race for Diomande.

Now Liverpool are turning attentions firmly back to Barcola, whom it was reported on Sunday was now valued at a whopping £145m by PSG, who have taken notice of the recent fees paid by Chelsea and Manchester City respectively for England duo Morgan Rogers (£117m) and Elliot Anderson (£116m).

Transfer specialist Nicolo Schira has since claimed that Liverpool are preparing to test those waters with an opening bid for Barcola worth in excess of €100m (£85m), having reportedly now agreed personal terms with his camp on a six-year contract that would run until the summer of 2032.

Sky Germany also report that Liverpool are now weighing up a first offer for Barcola and that personal terms are not expected to be an issue, with more talks scheduled for Monday and the player apparently open to an exit from PSG having not agreed an extension to a contract that has only two years left to run.

Liverpool opened the Iraola era with a 4-2 win over Premier League rivals Sunderland in their first pre-season friendly of the summer in Nashville on Saturday, with a combination of departures, injuries and post-World Cup breaks leaving them threadbare in a number of areas including up front - where teenage star Rio Ngumoha started the match alongside fellow youngsters Will Wright and Kieran Morrison.