For several weeks now, Bradley Barcola seems to lose his place little by little in favor of Désiré Doué on the front of the Parisian attack. After a start to the XXL season, the French international therefore experienced a blow less well in the year 2025 with a series of 11 games without finding the net. An eternity for the top Parisian scorer at the start of the season and who has already planted 18 pawns in exercise 2024-2025. But now, the former Lyonnais seems to have a crisis of confidence and his failure at the end of the match against the Gunners illustrates it well.
However, Bradley Barcola is not completely out of date either. On the contrary. There remains an undeniable offensive asset for Luis Enrique and continues to make statistics since he has now turned into a smuggler. With already 14 assists since the beginning of 2025, he has been the best passer in Europe since January (tied with Raphinha). But this is not enough to allow him to settle permanently in the eleven and to dismiss a competitor as Désiré Doué or even KHVICHA KVARATSKHELIA.
Competition that makes doubt
On the bench in 6 of the last 10 games, Bradley Barcola also missed the last Champions League matches. In its edition of the day, theTeam Give some elements on the decommissioning of the Parisian striker in recent months. The arrival of KHVICHA KVAratskhelia was experienced in a very painful way by the person who did not understand why the Georgian had been recruited in his post despite his start to the XXL season. Clearly, Barcola had the feeling of not having a privileged status within the club.
Another reason, with the level of form of Goué and Kvicha necessarily, Bradley Barcola had to be strolled all over the front of the Parisian attack. If he has shown interesting things right in the past, he now seems to have settled on the left corridor and his return to the right has rather served it. Disrupted by his regular changes when he had found automation on the left, Barcola was disrupted and that did not help to regain his best level and therefore his effectiveness. But however, he remains a man of trust of Luis Enrique and he can claim a place of holder against Arsenal next Wednesday.
