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Done dealUpdated 19:31 UK · 31 Aug

Bradley Barcola to Liverpool
Reds land PSG winger for £123m

Paris Saint-GermainParis Saint-GermainLiverpoolLiverpoolFee€125mReliability100%
The story so far
  1. 31 Aug
    Transfer confirmed
    Liverpool officially announced the signing of Bradley Barcola on a five-year contract to 2031.
  2. 29 Aug
    Medical undergone
    The final fee structure was agreed and Barcola underwent a medical over the closing weekend of the window.
  3. 28 Aug
    Agreement in principle
    Liverpool and PSG reached an agreement in principle for Barcola to move to Anfield.
  4. 27 Aug
    Fee agreed
    Sources reported Liverpool and PSG had agreed a fee of around £120m (€140m) for Barcola.

The move in full

Liverpool have completed the signing of France winger Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain in a deal worth up to £123m.

Liverpool have completed the signing of Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain, with the France winger putting pen to paper on a five-year contract that runs until 2031. The deal is worth up to £123m in total — a guaranteed £106m plus a further £17m in add-ons — making the 23-year-old Liverpool's second most expensive signing of all time behind only Alexander Isak, who joined from Newcastle for £125m last summer. Barcola has been given the number 29 shirt at Anfield.

The transfer was completed on transfer deadline day, but talks had run for most of the summer. Liverpool had been strongly linked with Barcola for months, and PSG had initially wanted closer to £145m for their forward before the two clubs agreed a lower package. Liverpool and PSG were reported to have settled on a fee in principle on 27 August, an agreement in principle was in place by 28 August, and Barcola then underwent a medical over the closing weekend of the window ahead of Monday's official announcement.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot had been open about wanting more pace and depth in wide areas, saying earlier in the season that adding "incredible pace" to his squad was a priority. Days before the deal went through, Slot told reporters Liverpool were still "trying to fill" a shortage of numbers in that part of the pitch. Barcola, comfortable across the front line but primarily a left winger, gives Slot a genuine burst of speed and directness, and adds fresh competition for places in an attacking line-up that has already been reshaped this summer.

For Paris Saint-Germain, it means losing a player who made 152 appearances over three seasons, scoring 39 goals and providing 35 assists, and who was part of the squad that retained both the Ligue 1 and Champions League titles in 2026. Manager Luis Enrique declined to discuss the situation directly, saying he would address it "after the transfer window has passed", though he has previously said PSG prioritise players who are happy to be there and enjoy playing his way. The club have already brought in Ferran Torres and Mika Godts to refresh an attack that still features Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

Barcola's output backs up the size of the fee. He was PSG's top scorer in Ligue 1 last season with 11 goals and an assist in 29 appearances, and added two goals and four assists in 16 Champions League games as PSG retained the trophy. He arrives at Anfield on the back of a strong World Cup with France this summer, scoring three goals in eight appearances, which took his international tally to six goals in 28 caps for his country.

At Liverpool, he is expected to compete for a starting spot across the front three, offering Slot a different profile of player to the options already at the club and another route to goal down the left. Barcola said it was "a great pride" to join Liverpool and that winning the Premier League was "one of my biggest dreams". The move rounds off a busy summer of incomings at Anfield, following the earlier arrivals of Victor Munoz and Ronald Araujo, and gives Slot a settled-looking forward line heading into the new season.

What it does to the model

Bawler's predictions are built from what actually happens on the pitch — goals, chances created, chances conceded and who is picked in the starting XI — so a forward of Barcola's output moving between two title-winning squads will feed into both team's numbers once the season is under way. Liverpool's attacking figures should firm up if he starts regularly, while PSG's will depend on how Ferran Torres, Mika Godts and the rest of their front line cover his departure. None of that changes anything in Bawler's model until he is actually on the pitch producing minutes and numbers for Liverpool.

FPL angle

Barcola · MID · £8.0m0.0 pts/GW projected

Bawler's FPL model projects Barcola at 0.0 points a gameweek at 1% ownership. It does not publish a before-and-after for a transfer, so the figure is his projection at Liverpool, not a delta.

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