Barella, aged 26, stands out as one of the foremost midfielders in global football. This dynamic Italian has earned Serie A’s midfielder of the year title for both the 2020/21 and 2022/23 seasons, cementing his place by being consistently included in the last five Serie A teams of the year.

Liverpool has held a profound admiration for Barella for quite some time. Jurgen Klopp expressed his regard for Barella back in 2022, during a Champions League fixture between Inter and Liverpool, where Barella was absent due to suspension. Klopp mentioned, “That Barella is not able to play is not bad for us.”

“He’s a really good player, a really good player and I like him a lot. “He has all the things you want from a midfield player.”

“He is aggressive, he is technical, he can run for ages and all these kinds of things.That’s a top-class player.”

Barella remains contracted with Inter until the summer of 2026. This would typically imply that the Italian club holds a strong position to rebuff any attempts to acquire their midfield linchpin.

Nevertheless, recent reports from Spain suggest that Liverpool, Newcastle, and Chelsea have all shown interest in Barella, eyeing a potential move next summer. According to a fresh report from L’Interista, Simone Inzaghi’s Inter is earnestly striving to prevent a scenario akin to what happened with their city rivals AC Milan, who lost Sandro Tonali to another club last summer.

Nicolò Barella

Nicolò Barella

Forwarder, Midfielder

Italy

Age: 27

175 cm

68 kg

Season 2023/2024
Played 37 1 Missed
Minutes 2832 76.5 Avg
Goals 2 0.1 Avg
Assist 3 0.1 Avg
Attempt 51 1.4 Avg
Passes 2077 56.183.9% AvgSucc
Yellow 8 0.2 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 17 times for 1294 minutes for Serie A.

Nicolò Barella scored 2 goals for Inter. He procured 3 assists. He received 4 yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 1st in Serie A. In the last match Inter won 2-0 against Lecce. The next match in Serie A will be against Genoa.

Inter performance and stats

Inter

Manager: Simone Inzaghi
Rank 1st
Win 29
Draw 6
Loss 2
Goals 87-20
Diff 67
Rank 2nd
Win 3
Draw 3
Loss 0
Goals 8-5
Diff 3

Inter is currently 1st in the Serie A with 44 points.

In the last 17 games, it has won 14 times, drawn twice, and lost once. In its last match, Inter won 2-0 against Lecce.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 41 goals and conceding 7.​

Inter will play the next match in Serie A against Genoa on Friday 29th of December in Genova. The prediction is Inter winning the match.​

Liverpool performance and stats

Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp
Rank 3rd
Win 23
Draw 10
Loss 4
Goals 84-41
Diff 43
Rank 1st
Win 4
Draw 0
Loss 2
Goals 17-7
Diff 10

Liverpool is currently 1st in the Premier League with 42 points.

In the last 19 games, it has won 12 times, drawn 6 times, and lost once. In its last match, Liverpool won 0-2 against Burnley.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 39 goals and conceding 16.​

Liverpool will play the next match in Premier League against Newcastle United on Saturday 30th of December in Liverpool. The prediction is Liverpool winning the match.​