Recruited as a crack player in the summer of 2023, Bradley Barcola found a place in the PSG eleven after only a few months. The 22-year-old winger has quickly become one of the favorites of Parisian supporters. The former OL player also had the chance to play in the Euro with the France team this summer. And he noticed a big change in his life after the competition.
Bradley Barcola arrived at PSG in the shoes of a crack. Promising with theOLtoday's 22-year-old winger was recruited for €50 million in the summer of 2023. And he took a few months to find a place in the starting eleven. Luis Enrique and in the hearts of Parisian supporters. But Bradley Barcola admitted that his popularity skyrocketed especially after theEuro 2024which he disputed with theFrench team this summer.
“Even abroad people spoke to me”
« A popularity accelerator since the Euro? Yes ! It was after the Euro that I really understood that I was being watched more. With Paris, there was already a change but after the European Championship, I was on vacation, and I saw that even abroad people were talking to me, people were coming to take photos with me. But it doesn't bother me » confided the attacker PSG in an interview given to Parisian.
PSG awaits Barcola's awakening in the Champions League
Bradley Barcola is now one of the darlings of the Parc des Princes. Luis Enrique has also attributed to him a very important role in PSG after the departure of Kylian Mbappé. If it flares up Ligue 1 (8 goals in 10 matches), the French international is nevertheless more timid in the Champions League (no goals in 3 matches). It now remains to be seen whether he will manage to open his account in the prestigious European competition this season starting this Wednesday againstAtlético de Madrid.
