Liverpool's Ambitious Transfer Plans: Barcola and Mbaye Targets

Liverpool’s transfer window has flickered for weeks. Now it looks ready to catch fire.

With only a couple of weeks left before the deadline, the club are finally gearing up for a serious push in the market, and the focus is turning firmly towards Paris.

Jeremy Jacquet, Victor Munoz and Ronald Araujo are already through the door, early pieces in Andoni Iraola’s rebuild. Useful additions, yes, but they don’t solve the glaring problem everyone at Anfield can see.

There is still a Mohamed Salah-sized void in this squad.

Barcola the headline, Mbaye the emerging play

Liverpool’s primary target remains PSG forward Bradley Barcola, with negotiations ongoing over a deal that would likely exceed £100 million. That pursuit has dominated the conversation and underlined just how aggressively the club are willing to move to reshape their attack.

But Barcola may not be the only player Liverpool try to prise from the European champions.

According to reports in France, including L’Equipe, Liverpool are preparing a concrete offer for Ibrahim Mbaye and intend to submit it to PSG by the end of next week. No more sounding out. A formal proposal.

Mbaye’s valuation is now expected to be higher than the initial €40 million figure that circulated earlier in the window, yet he still profiles as a significantly cheaper option than Barcola. For a club trying to rebuild an entire forward line, that matters.

Filling the gaps in Iraola’s attack

Iraola’s system demands energy, movement and constant threat in the final third. Right now, Liverpool simply don’t have enough of it.

Salah’s departure has ripped the heart out of their right side. It’s not just the goals, but the gravity he carried, the way he bent games towards him. Mbaye is seen as a player who could be deployed in that space, giving Iraola a dynamic option to reshape the attack around.

The urgency is only growing.

Cody Gakpo now looks increasingly likely to complete a move to Tottenham Hotspur, stripping away yet another attacking option and tightening the squeeze on Liverpool’s recruitment team. Every outgoing pushes the club closer to decisive action.

The hierarchy at Anfield can’t ignore it any longer. The need for attackers is no longer a planning note; it’s an alarm.

A double raid on PSG for Barcola and Mbaye would send a thunderous signal about Liverpool’s ambitions under Iraola. The question now is simple: do they push hard enough, fast enough, to make it happen before the window slams shut?