Liverpool Submits €135m Bid for Barcola as PSG Considers Sale
Liverpool have gone all in for Barcola.
According to Foot01, the Premier League club have submitted a new offer worth €135 million to Paris Saint-Germain for the French winger, a huge jump from their earlier proposals that only just cleared the €100m mark.
This time, PSG are listening.
Omission against Lens turns up the heat
The first big clue came on the teamsheet. Luis Enrique left Barcola completely out of the squad for PSG’s game against Lens. No injury, no suspension. Just a clean omission.
For a player at the centre of intense transfer talks, that choice rang louder than any press conference. Enrique declined to go public on the winger’s future, but his selection said enough. Inside the club, it marked a clear shift: PSG are no longer treating a sale as unthinkable.
Barcola, formerly of Lyon, is understood to be pushing firmly for the move to Anfield this window. His preference is clear, and Liverpool have now matched that intent with hard cash.
Liverpool’s bid rises – and so does PSG’s interest
Liverpool’s decision to significantly increase their offer has been helped by fresh investment, with the boss of Amazon entering the club’s capital structure. That injection has given the Reds more room to manoeuvre at the top end of the market.
The response in Paris is telling. Where a €135m bid might previously have been brushed aside, PSG executives are now actively studying the proposal. The club had initially placed an internal valuation close to €150m on Barcola, but that stance is softening.
The shadow of Kylian Mbappé’s drawn-out exit looms large. Senior figures are wary of another protracted saga that drags into the season and destabilises the dressing room. A slightly lower fee, taken at the right moment, suddenly looks more attractive than another year of uncertainty.
Arsenal links cool as Liverpool move first
Across the Channel, talk of a Premier League tug-of-war has also been dialled down. Arsenal have been linked with Barcola and remain admirers of the player, but reports in England indicate that a move to the Emirates is not on the cards for now.
The Gunners’ interest has not progressed into formal club-to-club negotiations. No offer, no active talks. With Liverpool already deep in discussions with the French champions, an agreement with Arsenal appears highly unlikely at this stage.
The path, for the moment, belongs to Liverpool.
PSG weigh expectations against a clean break
Inside PSG, the debate now centres on numbers and timing. Les Parisiens are considering whether to trim their original asking price to facilitate a smooth exit for a player who has, by all accounts, conducted himself professionally throughout the process.
Barcola has not forced the issue in public. That behaviour is being noted as the club weigh up how flexible they can be without losing face in the market.
Advanced negotiations between Liverpool and PSG are ongoing, and the sense around the deal is that it is closer than ever to being completed. The Reds want to wrap things up in the coming days. PSG want clarity before the window closes.
One of the summer’s most expensive and high-profile transfer stories is now approaching its decision point: does Barcola walk out at the Parc des Princes door and into Anfield as Liverpool’s next marquee winger?
