Liverpool Push For Barcola As City Plan For Life After Rodri

• Liverpool agree personal terms with Bradley Barcola; PSG want £145m
• Man City move for Ayyoub Bouaddi as Rodri edges towards exit
• Man Utd assess left-back options; Spurs tie down Micky van de Ven

Plenty bubbling in the market today. Liverpool are pushing hard for Bradley Barcola after reportedly agreeing terms, while Manchester City prepare for the possibility of life without Rodri. Over in Manchester’s red half, Manchester United are trawling the left-back aisle as pre-season ramps up.

If you’re weighing up the latest odds and angles, our best football betting sites guide is a handy pit stop while the deals take shape.

Liverpool’s Big Swing for Barcola

The Reds are in talks with PSG for Barcola and, while personal terms look sorted, the European champions are said to want a jaw-dropping £145m. That’s sticker-shock territory; expect creative structures if this is to land. Barcola sits atop Liverpool’s wishlist, and the urgency is clear after sealing a loan for Ronald Araujo, who’s already spoken glowingly about learning alongside Virgil van Dijk and chasing silverware at Anfield.

Arsenal, smarting after missing out on Vinicius Jr, are scouring the forward market too — Julián Álvarez and even Barcola feature on their radar — but the real eyebrow-raiser is a rumoured look at Cristian Romero. Spurs’ captain crossing North London? It would be seismic, but we’re some distance from that actually happening.

City’s Midfield Shuffle and United’s Full-Back Hunt

Rodri is into his final year and, with Barcelona weighing a second bid after an initial £38m offer was knocked back, City are bracing. The plan? Close in on Lille’s Ayyoub Bouaddi — billed around £85m. He’s energetic, progressive and tailor-made for a Pep midfield makeover. City don’t wait around; they evolve.

United, meanwhile, are still hunting a left-back. With Lewis Hall off the table, they’ve looked at Antonee Robinson as well as options like Jorge Salinas and Joaquín Seys. It’s pragmatic business — depth was exposed last season and won’t be again if they can help it.

At Spurs, Micky van de Ven has penned a long-term deal — a sensible move given his importance — and James Maddison has cooled talk of any fresh injury, insisting he’s feeling sharp in training. Elsewhere, both Barcelona and Tottenham have sounded out Harry Kane, but the line from Germany is he’s likely to extend at Bayern until 2029.

And in the boardroom back-and-forth, even world leaders are chiming in: Donald Trump has warned against removing Gianni Infantino from the FIFA presidency. On the pitch, though, it’s business as usual — bids, brinkmanship and a few blockbuster stories brewing.

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