Overview
- TEAMtalk reports Liverpool are in direct contact with Marc Guehi’s agents and preparing a £25–30m January offer, while The Athletic’s line relayed by This Is Anfield rates a winter deal as slim.
- Crystal Palace halted a completed £35m deal on deadline day after manager Oliver Glasner advised against selling without a replacement, with the defender having undergone a medical.
- Guehi is in the final year of his contract, multiple reports say he will not renew, and from January 1 he can negotiate a pre-contract with foreign clubs under FIFA rules.
- Barcelona director Deco publicly called Guehi a good player when asked about interest, and outlets also link Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid, with one pundit speculating about Manchester City.
- Liverpool view a centre-back as a priority given Ibrahima Konaté’s contract and form questions, Giovanni Leoni’s long-term ACL injury and Virgil van Dijk’s advancing age.