RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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Bradley Barcola is the statement signing Liverpool fans have craved all summer. With his expensive price tag, however, comes pressure.
He will be expected to hit the ground running, but he does have form against Premier League opposition.
Barcola has come up against numerous English clubs during his time at Paris St-Germain. He scored in a 4-2 Champions League win over Manchester City in January 2025, before finding the net in each leg against Chelsea in the last 16 last season.
Liverpool and their new boss Andoni Iraola will take positives that Barcola settled so quickly after his high-profile move to PSG.
"He went to Paris St-Germain for something like 50m euros, which was a huge amount considering he had only played something like one full season in Ligue 1," Pierre-Etienne Minonzio, football journalist for L'Equipe, told BBC Sport.
"It was an insane amount of money for someone who had not really done anything, but Luis Enrique saw something in him.
"Liverpool is a good fit for Barcola, especially because of Iraola. He is so good at improving players and Barcola is not the finished product.
"Sometimes he runs and runs and runs, and then his finishing is not always good. He has to improve and I think he will.
"It was exactly the same with Ousmane Dembele. Two or three years ago, Dembele was so good at dribbling and running, but sometimes when he was in front of goal he was making bad choices.
"Barcola is a bit like that in the finishing aspect of his game, but he will improve with the right manager - and I think Iraola is the right manager."
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