🔴👋🏼 Luis Enrique: “Barcola grew enormously in Paris, but he also helped the team grow enormously”.
“He wanted more playing time than I could guarantee him”.
“In the end, I think everyone is a winner with that transfer. I truly wish him all the best”.
🚨 THE LEAK. THE TRUTH. 🚨
Liverpool were SECONDS away from sanctioning Cody Gakpo’s £85m departure to Manchester City…WITH NO HIGH-PROFILE REPLACEMENT LINED UP.
The deal was all but signed. Then the phone rang ☎️
Andoni Iraola. Last minute. Straight to Richard Hughes.
He didn’t ask. He didn’t negotiate.
He ROARED: “STOP THE MOVE.” 🆘
This wasn’t business. This was SUICIDAL.
🚨🔴 Liverpool have made official club to club contact with Genk to sign Lucca Brughmans as new goalkeeper.
#LFC assessing whether to sign Brughmans for now if Mamardashvili goes to Nottingham Forest or eventually joining from 2027.
Deal on between clubs - follows @sachatavolieri.
The money talked about for Gakpo £80/85M we should sell. With Barcola arriving he will be a squad player.
We need to use that money for a right winger & give the squad a better balance.
Liverpool have not given up hope of doing a deal for Sarr (@alex_crook)
Liverpool maintain active contacts with the agents of Ismaila Sarr. They remain in conversations with all parties involved. (@FabrizioRomano)
Seems like Sarr could be the one 🤔
Liverpool source 🥷
THIS IS LIVE. RIGHT NOW.
Liverpool officials have not left the building. Lights on. Phones glued to ears. Nobody going home.
🚨They have JUST come off the phone with the agents of William Gomes AND Manu Koné. Both calls. Last hour.
Porto. Roma. Agents. Intermediaries. Calls flying left, right, centre, upstairs, downstairs. It is chaos. Absolute chaos.
The same accounts crying about Gakpo going were slaughtering him last season. Barcola has inherited his position, and now we can reinvest in a starting RW to compete with Munoz. Not ideal that it’s City but who cares. If we sign the right player (big if) it’s good business.
@rudkin_abigail The sale is contingent of a replacement coming in. I’ve no doubt we’ll sign someone, just worried it’ll be a downgrade this late in the window
🚨 Liverpool complete agreement with Paris Saint-Germain to sign Bradley Barcola. Deal for 23yo #PSG winger worth £106m + up to £17m add-ons (€125m + €20m package). France int’l poised to do medical in next 24hr & join #LFC on 5yr contract @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/UMtgD4XEIQ
Crystal Palace have rebuffed an initial approach from Liverpool for Ismaila Sarr.
Liverpool discussed a move for Sarr as their search for a right-sided winger continues and the Palace attacker was identified as a player of interest until it became clear his current club were not willing to sell.
Exploratory talks for Sarr were not followed by a bid and sources have told The Athletic that only an astronomical bid would change Palace’s stance and, with other targets still in mind, Liverpool are unlikely to budge.
More from @greggevans40, @David_Ornstein and @MattWoosie
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The thing with Indykaila is he’ll get the most unlikely transfer spot on, and instead of keeping it serious in the following days, he’ll tweet something like “Gakpo didn't sleep in his house last night.” 😭😭