From ITKSpace, who made a bit of a thing about a Liverpool announcement tonight:
Bradley Barcola agreed personal terms with Liverpool several weeks ago, with a five-year contract already in place. The first discussions date back months and were led by Richard Hughes, Michael Edwards and, interestingly enough, Linda Pizzuti Henry, whose influence over the day-to-day operations of FSG continues to grow. It’s worth stating again, as exclusively revealed several days ago, preparations inside Liverpool have now reached their final stage, with a formal written offer currently being prepared ahead of its imminent submission to Paris Saint-Germain.
Barcola has already held conversations with Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz, both of whom spoke in glowing terms about Liverpool, the culture inside the club and the project ahead, further encouraging him to make the move to Anfield. In truth, very little convincing was ever required, as his dream has always been to represent England’s crown jewel, the most mystical institution football has ever witnessed. That is precisely why he rejected a significant contract proposal from Mikel Arteta’s North London set piece dependency project by the name of Arsenal, despite the offer including substantially higher wages and a considerably larger signing bonus.
Nevertheless, inside the industry there is an expectation that negotiations with Paris Saint-Germain may naturally take some time following the Parisian disappointment surrounding the Yan Diomandé situation. The belief, however, remains that an agreement is ultimately inevitable, with the club unwilling to risk losing Bradley Barcola for free once his contractual situation reaches its decisive stage. That determination, first exclusively revealed by me several months ago, has never wavered, because his heart has always belonged to the crimson cathedral of Merseyside.
ITKSpace, formeley ITKBayen, have a fairly good reputation these days. Called a lot correct last year.
To be honest, this doesnt really tell us more than a lot of us already knew. We still need to agree a fee with PSG and that will not be easy. The only really interesting part was that Linda was involved!
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