Three ways Liverpool can line up with Bradley Barcola – new Ngumoha role to Wirtz switch

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But there's one target who now overshadows any other: Bradley Barcola, and the club are believed to be working hard to bring the player to Anfield.While the French left winger isn't a natural fit as a replacement for Mohamed Salah, given he primarily operates on the other flank, the PSG man has more flexibility in his locker than some might realise. This formation would enable the Reds to practice a flat back four with flying wing-backs in the form of Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong, with Virgil van Dijk and Jeremy Jacquet in the heart of the defence.It's in the middle where a double pivot of Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravbenberch could hold down the fort while a devastating trio of Rio Ngumoha, Florian Wirtz and Barcola would sit behind Alexander Isak up top.In this system, Barcola would be in his favoured left-sided role, where he has scored 32 goals and bagged 32 assists from for PSG and Lyon.

Ngumoha would feature on the right, a shift Iraola used in the recent pre-season win over Wrexham, while Wirtz would get to pull the strings in his favoured No. The PSG man has only seven goals from the right but has managed 15 assists.New signing Victor Munoz would operate in his favoured position on the left flank, with both wingers supplying balls into Isak, who is working as a lone striker.

However, this would be Iraola's wild card call in which he could move Barcola behind Isak.Barcola has played as a centre forward on over 20 occasions, bagging a respectable nine goals. It's not a huge sample size, but we know the winger likes to cut in and sometimes even take the ball on in central positions.With a solid midfield four behind him, and with Wirtz and Ngumoha dominating supply lines down each flank, Barcola could be given the chance to form a deadly partnership with Isak, playing just off him in an unfamiliar, but potentially deadly, No.