Liverpool set for "eye-watering" signing, but Michael Owen is worried about it

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Michael Owen discusses the plan to sign Bradley Barcola in yet another Liverpool marquee signing Speaking exclusively to the Liverpool ECHO, the 46-year-old said: “Barcola, he’s obviously the big name on everybody’s lips. “It sounds like he’s going to be expensive, though – but they’re going to have to make some form of statement signing, of course.

And it feels like there’s a dearth of them, of course, now at Liverpool.” Owen worried about the reported costs of signing Barcola, but Liverpool won’t meet PSG’s asking price Speaking about the potential £145m price tag PSG are demanding for Barcola, Owen added: “That sounds extortionate, doesn’t it? If it gets to £145m, I mean, wow, that’s eye-watering… “And the problem is everybody knows you’re desperate for a top-class player, so you’re going to have to pay through the nose.

But it sounds extortionate, doesn’t it? £145 million, that’s the number that you’re saying.” Liverpool won’t spend £145m on signing Barcola While £145m would be far too much for Barcola given his lack of Premier League experience, age and relative lack of minutes for PSG given the huge price PSG are demanding, several reports from top journalists have already made it clear that Liverpool will not meet the €170m (£145m) asking price. You could argue that if Barcola were playing for a smaller team like Leverkusen, then he would have had more minutes but it’s difficult to use hypotheticals to make a case in negotiations.