Liverpool Targets PSG Duo Mbaye and Barcola

Liverpool’s rebuild in attack is starting to take shape on the drawing board, and the lines are bold. The club are weighing up an audacious double move for Paris Saint-Germain pair Ibrahim Mbaye and Bradley Barcola as they look to redraw their forward line after Mohamed Salah’s departure.

Salah’s move to Trabzonspor has ripped a vast hole out of Liverpool’s frontline – not just in goals, but in presence, fear factor and reliability. The response from Anfield’s hierarchy is clear: go younger, go faster, and go big.

According to the Daily Mail, Liverpool are among the clubs pushing hardest for Senegal winger Mbaye, with Manchester City and Tottenham also in the chase. That competition alone underlines how highly the PSG wide man is rated across Europe.

But Liverpool are not stopping at one name. The plan on the table is a double raid: Mbaye and his team‑mate Barcola, two of PSG’s quickest forwards, targeted in one sweeping move to inject pace and unpredictability into the attack.

The concern inside Liverpool over their attacking depth has been growing. Too much responsibility on too few shoulders. Too many minutes in too many legs. That is driving the idea of a major statement in the market, with the club considering a formal offer to prise both players away from Paris before the new season kicks off.

It will not come cheap. PSG are expected to demand in excess of £150 million to even consider parting with the pair in the current window, a figure that reflects both their potential and the club’s reluctance to lose two attacking assets in one go.

Ironically, neither Mbaye nor Barcola has been a guaranteed starter in Paris. Both have spent long stretches watching from the bench, waiting for opportunities in a star‑studded squad. Liverpool see that as an opening – underused talent, hungry for a bigger role, ready to explode with regular minutes in a system built on intensity.

For the Reds, this is about more than replacing a legend. It is about reshaping an era. If they manage to pull both Mbaye and Barcola out of PSG, Liverpool’s forward line could look very different – and far more dangerous – by the time the first whistle of the new campaign blows.