Liverpool suna tattaunawa mai zurfi don sanya hannu kan ɗan wasan fikafikan Paris Saint-Germain Bradley Barcola, inda kulob din Merseyside ke shirye ya biya kusan £100m don ɗan wasan ƙasar France. Paris Saint-Germain, duk da haka, sun tsaya kan adadi kusan £145m — suna barin babban rata tsakanin ɓangarorin biyu.

Idan an cika yarjejeniyar, Barcola zai zama sayan uku na Liverpool mai darajar £100m ko fiye a wannan lokacin rani. Ana sa ran kulob din ya biya Bayer Leverkusen har zuwa £116m don dan tsakiya Florian Wirtz, yayin da dan gaba Alexander Isak ya kai rikodin kulob din na £125m daga Newcastle United a watan Satumba.

Cike gurbin Salah da Diaz

Neman Barcola ya zo ne bayan Mohamed Salah ya tafi kyauta a ƙarshen kakar da ta gabata, yana rufe shekaru tara da Ɗan Misira ya zura ƙwallaye 257 don Reds. Liverpool na bukatar ƙarfafa gefunan harbi, kuma Barcola mai shekaru 23 ya zama babban manufarsu.

Tsare-tsaren ƙididdiga sun tabbatar da hankali na wannan matakin. Kayan aiki na kamanceceniya na Opta ya matsayi Barcola a matsayin ɗan wasan fikafikan wanda aikinsa ya fi kusa da na Luis Diaz a manyan gasar Turai biyar a 2025-26 — kashi 78% na kamanceceniya — ya wuce Salah (65%), Lamine Yamal (61%), da Vinicius Junior (61%).

Duk da haka, lambobi sun nuna Barcola ya fi kasancewa kawai maye gurbin kai-tsaye. Ko da yake yana buga galibi a gefen hagu, kwarjinin sa na dan gaba ne na tsakiya — sakamakon bugawa a matsayin dan gaba har zuwa shekarun sa 17.

Yawan harbi mai ban sha'awa da tsananin matsi

A Ligue 1 kakar da ta gabata, Barcola ya buga matsakaicin harbi 3.5 a cikin mintuna 90 kuma ya samu ƙwallaye da ake tsammani (xG) na 9.83, yana sanya shi cikin kashi 95 cikin 100 daga cikin 'yan wasan fikafikan a manyan gasar Turai biyar. Ya mayar da waɗannan damammaki zuwa ƙwallaye 11 a gasar gida, ya zarce xG ɗinsa, kuma babu ɗan wasan Paris Saint-Germain ko ɗan wasan fikafikan Ligue 1 da ya zarce jimlar xG ɗinsa a kakar 2025-26.

Shi ne kuma kawai ɗan wasan a manyan gasar Turai biyar da ya kai matsakaicin fiye da motsi biyu da suka ƙare da harbi a cikin mintuna 90 (2.06), yana nuna ƙwarewarsa ta musamman wajen haifarwa 'yan tsaro da ƙirƙirar damammakin harbin kansa. Taɓawarsa ta 8.69 a cikin minti 90 a cikin yankin hukunci na abokin hamayyarsa ya sanya shi a matsayi na bakwai daga cikin 'yan wasan 1,500 da suka cancanta.

Barcola kuma ya dace da bukatun matsi na Liverpool. Ya kasance a matsayi na tara a manyan gasar Turai biyar wajen mallakokin da aka lashe a ɓangaren ƙarshe — ma'aunin da ya dace da abin da manaja Andoni Iraola ke bukata daga 'yan gaban sa.

Nasarorin Champions League da Gasar Duniya

Barcola ya koma Paris Saint-Germain daga Lyon a 2023 kan kusan £38.5m da aka ba da rahoto, tun daga lokacin ya lashe lakabi uku na Ligue 1, Kofinsa ta France sau biyu, UEFA Super Cup, da FIFA Intercontinental Cup. Ya shiga a matsayin mai maye a rabin lokaci na biyu a ƙarshen wasannin Champions League guda biyu da Paris Saint-Germain ya ci — a kan Inter Milan a 2024-25, sannan a kan Arsenal ta hanyar gwabzawar bugun fanariti a shekara mai zuwa.

A matakin ƙasa da ƙasa, Barcola ya zura ƙwallaye uku a wasanni takwas na Gasar Duniya a wannan rani don France — ciki har da a cikin asarar 6-4 da England a wasan na uku da na huɗu — yana kawo jimlarsa zuwa wasanni 28 na ƙasa da ƙasa.

Lokacin wasan sa a kulob din da kuma na ƙasa da ƙasa ya ragu wani ɓangare saboda bayyanar abokin wasan sa na Paris Saint-Germain Désire Doué. Da Khvicha Kvaratskhelia da Doué suna kuma fafatawa don matsayin fikafikan a Paris, canjin zuwa Anfield zai ba Barcola ƙarin lokacin buga wasa koyaushe.

Damar girma a shekaru 23

Ana cewa ƙungiyar leƙen asiri ta Liverpool ta yarda cewa Barcola bai kai matakin sa na ƙarshe ba tukuna. Wanda jiki ya girma a hankali, ya canza daga mai bege na makarantar Lyon zuwa wanda ya lashe Champions League sau biyu. Haɗin guiwa ɗinsa na sauri, motsi mai hankali, yawan harbi mai ƙwarewa, tsananin matsi, da ƙirƙira ta girma suna sanya shi ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan fikafikan matasa mafi cikakkiyar ta Turai — kuma har yanzu yana ci gaba da haɓaka.