Arsenal See PSG Standout as Gabriel Martinelli Replacement

PSG winger Bradley Barcola has been the taxable of summertime transportation speculation, with reported involvement from Bayern Munich and, much recently, Liverpool. Despite the buzz, 1 newsman has downplayed the talk, saying there’s nary superior question toward a transportation astatine this stage.

The Parisians’ squad has people created stiff contention for minutes, prompting immoderate players to see opportunities elsewhere. Barcola has been vying for playing clip alongside Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, which has fueled overmuch of the caller exit chatter.

According to The Sun, Liverpool are eyeing a imaginable determination for Barcola—even aft reportedly landing 22-year-old German guardant Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.

Arsenal does person its eyes connected PSG standout

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Football Insider’s Mick Brown has insisted that the Gunners are considering a fig of options for the role, including Barcola.

“Arsenal privation to regenerate Gabriel Martinelli,” Brown told Football Insider. “They’ve been looking astatine a fewer options for that positions, immoderate big-name players are connected their list, and I perceive Bradley Barcola is 1 of those. He’s a precise talented player, he’s got undoubted quality, but he’s not nailed-on astatine PSG.

“They’ve got Kvaratskhelia determination who was fantabulous successful the Champions League run, past they’ve got Dembele who was connected occurrence each season, and Doue arsenic good is simply a fantastic talent.

“At Arsenal, they could connection him a guaranteed starting relation without the aforesaid competition. Arsenal person been weighing up whether helium would beryllium disposable and if helium would beryllium capable to execute consistently successful the Premier League.

“They’ve been watching him and keeping an oculus connected his situation, but I don’t deliberation PSG are going to entertain selling him this summer. After winning the Champions League, they’re lone aiming to improve, and he’s a large portion of their plans.

“He’s a immense plus for them, he’s young, French, talented, and the benignant of subordinate they’re looking to physique their squad astir astatine PSG. So arsenic overmuch arsenic Arsenal whitethorn privation him, I don’t deliberation it’ll happen.”

Journalist Fabrizio Romano said connected The Here We Go Podcast that president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has personally intervened to artifact Bayern Munich’s pursuit of Barcola, making a transportation present look highly unlikely.