Liverpool Targets PSG Duo to Reshape Attack After Salah Departure

Liverpool’s response to life after Mohamed Salah is starting to take shape – and it could come in the form of a double raid on Paris Saint-Germain.

With Salah gone to Trabzonspor, the club’s hierarchy knows the front line needs more than a simple patch-up. It needs shock value. Pace. Unpredictability. According to the Daily Mail, Liverpool are weighing up moves for both Ibrahim Mbaye and his PSG team-mate Bradley Barcola as they look to reload their attacking options before the new season kicks off.

This is not a quiet recalibration. It is a statement idea.

Liverpool are not alone in the chase for Mbaye. Manchester City and Tottenham are also credited with interest in the Senegal winger, whose speed and direct running have alerted several Premier League scouts. That level of competition underlines the scale of the talent on offer – and the risk of hesitation.

The concern inside Anfield is clear enough: does the current forward line carry enough threat over a full campaign without Salah’s goals and gravity? The answer, for now, appears to be pushing them towards Paris.

The plan being considered is aggressive. Rather than cherry-picking one player from PSG’s bench, Liverpool are exploring whether they can prise away both of the French club’s rapid wide forwards in a single move. Two players, one overhaul.

PSG, though, will not be easy sellers. The French champions are expected to demand in excess of £150 million to part with Barcola and Mbaye in this window, a figure that instantly turns any interest into a major strategic decision rather than a routine squad upgrade.

The irony is obvious. Both players have spent much of their time on the PSG bench, waiting for chances, yet their combined potential and profile still carry a nine-figure price tag. That mix of underuse and upside is exactly what tempts a club like Liverpool, who sense an opportunity to pounce before the market explodes again.

For Liverpool, the calculation is simple but brutal: pay big now to rebuild the fear factor in attack, or risk drifting behind rivals who are already stockpiling firepower.

If they push ahead, this will not just be a response to Salah’s departure. It will be a defining call on what the next version of Liverpool’s front line is supposed to be.