Kevin Nolan feels that Liverpool ‘haven’t had a great window’ in the summer transfer market but has backed one of the Reds’ new signings to be a ‘huge success’.On Monday, Andoni Iraola’s side completed the signing of Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain for an initial £106m, potentially rising to £123m with add-ons (The Athletic), making him the Merseysiders’ second most expensive addition of all time.The 24-year-old had been the subject of a lengthy pursuit from LFC before they finally got the deal over the line in recent days, and he arrives at Anfield as a two-time Champions League winner with the Parisian giants.Nolan backing Barcola to be a ‘huge success’Nolan doesn’t expect Liverpool to contend for the Premier League title this season and was a bit underwhelmed by their transfer window as a whole, but he has lauded the capture of Barcola.The ex-Bolton midfielder said on the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast: “Barcola’s a great signing for Liverpool but I think this is a season of transition under the new manager with what they’re trying to build. I think they haven’t had a great window [but] I think Barcola is gonna be a huge success there. “I think it’s gonna take time under this new manager, so Liverpool fans will have to be a bit patient.”(Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trustBarcola’s underlying numbers bode well for LiverpoolAt an initial £106m, the pressure will be on Barcola to deliver almost immediately at Anfield, and there’s no getting away from the truth that the club have paid an awful lot for him.That’s the way of the modern market, though, and it won’t have been lost on PSG just how much Liverpool had been craving a marquee attacking addition after the departure of the legendary Mo Salah.The Frenchman scored 39 goals in 152 games for the Ligue 1 giants – not a spectacular return, but enough to suggest that he could be sufficiently prolific on Merseyside to be worth an extra few points to the Reds this season.The figures below from Fotmob illustrate how his output in terms of 90-minute averages was among the very best in the French top flight last term; and while he’ll be coming up against a higher standard of opposition in England, it nonetheless hints at the difference he would make to Liverpool.2025/26 Ligue 1Per 90 minutesPercentile among positional peersGoals0.5793rd (top 7%)xG0.5696thNon-penalty xG0.5697thShots3.4588thShots on target1.5993rdBarcola will need to be routinely churning out high scoring numbers if he’s to be regarded as an unqualified success, but Anfield chiefs wouldn’t have held out for this long or paid more than £100m for him unless they were 100% convinced that he’ll be a genuine game-changer for the Reds.The post ‘Great signing’ – Kevin Nolan backs Liverpool summer arrival to be a ‘huge success’ at Anfield appeared first on The Empire of The Kop.