Liverpool have finalised an agreement to sign French forward Bradley Barcola ​from European champions Paris St Germain in ‌a deal worth up to £123 million ($166.43 million), ​media reports said on Saturday (August 29, 2026), ⁠with the 23-year-old set to become the latest high-profile addition to Andoni Iraola’s squad.

The 20-time English champions will pay a package worth £106 million, with add-ons potentially rising ‌to £17 million, for Barcola, the BBC ‌said. ⁠The Athletic reported that he ⁠is set to sign a five-year contract.

Reuters has contacted Liverpool and PSG for comment.

Barcola joined PSG from ​his boyhood club ‌Olympique Lyonnais in 2023 and went on to enjoy a trophy-laden spell in the French capital, winning back-to-back Champions League ‌titles in 2024-25 and 2025-26, three ​Ligue 1 crowns and two French Cups, among other honours.

He made ⁠152 appearances across all competitions for PSG, scoring 39 goals and supplying 37 assists.

He ‌had two years remaining on his PSG contract.

Barcola would be the latest addition to new manager Andoni Iraola’s squad following the close-season arrivals of Uruguayan defender Ronald Araujo on loan, French centre back ‌Jeremy Jacquet and Spanish forward Victor Munoz.

Liverpool’s attacking ​options currently include British record signing Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo, Rio Ngumoha ⁠and Munoz as the Merseyside club adjusts ⁠to life after talisman Mohamed Salah’s departure. Forward Hugo Ekitike is also ‌sidelined with a long-term injury.

Liverpool host Nottingham Forest later on Saturday (August 29).

Uruguay defender Ronald Araújo believes he has made an “ideal move” to Liverpool after his season-long loan from Barcelona was confirmed on Monday.

The 27-year-old Araújo has taken a pay cut to facilitate the move. Liverpool has an option to buy him for a pre-agreed price — reportedly £47 million ($63 million) — should the move prove successful.

“It was the ideal move for me at this stage in my career. It was a move that was necessary for me to take,” Araújo told the club website.

“As soon as I heard that interest from Liverpool, everything went into action really, really quickly. I’m super happy to be here and excited to get started.”

Defense was an area which needed strengthening following the departure of Ibrahima Konate at the conclusion of his contract and the ongoing injury issues at right back.

Liverpool believe Araújo’s experience — he was named Barcelona captain in January — is important and, significantly, he is up to speed having been involved in the Catalans’ preseason preparations and it is understood he will join squad training this week.

Araújo’s arrival gives coach Andoni Iraola greater depth in defense — he can cover right back in addition to his preferred central-defensive position — than predecessor Arne Slot had last season as new arrival Jeremy Jacquet is expected to return to training after a knee injury while Giovanni Leoni is entering the final stages of his rehabilitation following an ACL injury.

Ifeanyi Ndukwe and Mor Ndiaye, both 18, have impressed in preseason but with Joe Gomez not fit for the start of the new Premier League campaign, Iraola needed another senior defender to provide cover. For much of last season, Liverpool had to play Virgil van Dijk and Konate in virtually every game.