Unsettled Paris Saint-Germain star emerges as market opportunity for Barcelona

Liverpool are seen as likely candidates to sign Barcola, whose contract situation in Paris has cast doubt on whether he will remain at the reigning European champions beyond the summer. But in the event that Barcelona free up the required salary space from the expected departures of Robert Lewandowski, Andreas Christensen and Marc-Andre ter Stegen, they are seen as an option to sign the PSG man, whom is long-admired by sporting director Deco.

Barcelona have tense relationship with Barcola’s agent

Barcola is appreciated within the offices of Can Barca, but the same cannot be said for his agent Moussa Sissoko, who was blamed for orchestrating Ousmane Dembele’s Spotify Camp Nou exit in 2023. Negotiating with him is something that won’t be easy for Deco, but if he wants to get a deal done, it would be necessary.

There is talk that €80m could be enough to sign Barcola this summer. It will remain to be seen whether Barcelona have that left in the bank by the time they sign a new centre-back and striker, as those are the priority objectives for Deco.