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Liverpool completes £123 million signing of Bradley Barcola

9/1/2026

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Liverpool completed a £123 million signing of French winger Bradley Barcola.
The deal includes a £106 million guaranteed fee and £17 million in performance add-ons.
Barcola signed a five-year contract through 2031 and will wear the No. 29 shirt.
He becomes Liverpool’s second-most expensive acquisition, behind Alexander Isak’s £125 million fee.
Liverpool expect Barcola to replace Mohamed Salah and add dynamism to the wide areas.

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Historical Context

In January 2011 Liverpool sold Fernando Torres to Chelsea for £50 million, the club’s record outgoing fee, and on the same deadline day bought Luis Suárez for £22.5 million and Andy Carroll for a club-record £35 million. The 2024 £123 million signing of French winger Bradley Barcola follows that pattern of high-cost attacking reinforcements, echoing the 2011 transfer spree.

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Story summary

Liverpool completed a £123 million signing of French winger Bradley Barcola.
The deal includes a £106 million guaranteed fee and £17 million in performance add-ons.
Barcola signed a five-year contract through 2031 and will wear the No. 29 shirt.
He becomes Liverpool’s second-most expensive acquisition, behind Alexander Isak’s £125 million fee.
Liverpool expect Barcola to replace Mohamed Salah and add dynamism to the wide areas.

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