In August 2026, ESPN, citing RMC Sport, reported Liverpool inquiries about Paris Saint-Germain forward Ibrahim Mbaye. Liverpool Echo separately discussed the interest and Sadio Mané’s earlier praise of his Senegal team-mate. Those accounts describe an earlier transfer link, rather than a move that remains under negotiation.
Sky Sports subsequently reported that Aston Villa had confirmed Mbaye’s signing from PSG, with the fee understood by Sky to be £47m. The later report supersedes this page’s former presentation of Liverpool as an active destination. It does not establish why Liverpool did not complete a transfer or whether the earlier inquiries reached a more advanced stage.
What remains unconfirmed
- The sources do not establish why Liverpool did not complete a move.
Corrections
- Further source check: ESPN expressly relays RMC; first substantial reporting and independent confirmation are not established by the supplied reports. Remove the unsupported description of ESPN as independent confirmation from the source-assessment panel as well as the update note.