Overview

• Liverpool have opened formal negotiations with Crystal Palace for Marc Guehi on a proposed £30 million upfront plus £5 million add-ons package as talks intensify.
• Fabrizio Romano reports personal terms with Guehi are agreed and that Giovani Leoni is keen, but other outlets dispute any deal on Guehi’s wages is finalized.
• Liverpool continue to monitor 18-year-old Giovanni Leoni at Parma as a separate long-term option, though no club-to-club contact has yet been confirmed.
• The sale of Jarell Quansah, Joe Gomez’s injury layoff and uncertainty over Ibrahima Konaté’s future have stretched Liverpool’s senior centre-back resources.
• Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish publicly acknowledged they may need to sell Guehi this summer to avoid losing him for free next year, adding urgency to Liverpool’s deadline-driven pursuit.